Melissa Hapke

A frustrated journalist who has been looking for a progressive news outlet for eight years.

I went into the journalism field to write stories that help people, not the status quo. I love talking with people and then writing about what we talked about.

I am a rabid Chicago Cubs fan and have been watching them since 1982.

I literally grew up in the middle of a corn field in Central Illinois. It took college to make me realize that there are other people in the world.

I'm a Barack Obama supporter and came to that conclusion after hearing him speak at the 2004 Democratic National Convention and getting to know the type of person he is after reading his books.

I would like to think that I can be objective in my reporting, but like a lot of other people during this primary season, I don't know how objective I can be, but I'll do the best I can for Huffington Post readers.