Email: melissa.sersland@patch.com
Phone: 630-430-9814
Hometown: Darien, IL
Birthday: April 10

After two years as the editor of Woodridge Patch, I became the editor of Bolingbrook Patch in June 2012. You may know me by my maiden name, Melissa Tussing. I graduated from Downers Grove South in 2006 and Northwestern University in 2010. 

My Beliefs

At Patch, we promise always to report the facts as objectively as possible and otherwise adhere to the principles of good journalism. We also acknowledge that true impartiality is impossible because human beings have beliefs. In the spirit of simple honesty, we encourage editors to reveal their beliefs to the extent they feel comfortable. This disclosure is not a license to inject our beliefs into stories or dictate coverage according to them. Rather, we hope the knowledge our beliefs are on the record will cause us to be ever mindful to write, report and edit in a fair and balanced manner. If you ever see evidence we failed in this mission, please let us know.

Politics

I'm registered to vote and have so far voted for Democrats. I am left-leaning myself, but I enjoy the freedom to cross party lines when I feel compelled to.

Religion

I'm a Christian. I grew up in the Lutheran Missouri-Synod church and now attend an Evangelical Lutheran Church. I was involved with the University Lutheran Church in Evanston when I attended Northwestern.