Michelle Miller
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Michelle Miller is a correspondent for CBS News
and has served as a substitute anchor on "The CBS Evening News" Weekend Editions and CBS News Up to the Minute
.
Miller was born in Los Angeles, California
. In 1989, she earned a journalism degree from Howard University
and holds a Masters Degree in Urban Studies from the University of New Orleans.
From 1994 to 2003, Miller lived in New Orleans and worked as a reporter and anchor for WWL-TV
, the CBS affiliate. For three of those years, her broadcast, "The Early Edition" was the highest rated newscast in its time slot across the Nation. Also between 1998 to 2001, Miller taught communications and broadcast journalism at Dillard University
.
Upon first arriving to New York, Miller served as National Correspondent and substitute anchor for BET Nightly News
.
Miller received an Edward R. Murrow Award in 1998 and the Woman of the Year Award from the National Sports Foundation. She also received the National Association of Black Journalists Award of Excellence in 1997.
In 1988, Miller served as an intern at Nightline and the Minneapolis Star Tribune. From 1989 to 1990, she wrote for the South Bay and Valley editions of the Los Angeles Times
. From 1990 to 1993, she worked as an Assignment Editor, Producer and Reporter for Orange County Newschannel
in Santa Ana, California. From 1993 to 1994, she was a reporter and Weekend Morning anchor at WIS-TV in Columbia, South Carolina.
Miller is married to Marc H. Morial, President of the National Urban League
and former New Orleans mayor. She and her husband have a son, Mason, born in 2002, and a daughter, Margeaux, born in 2005.
CBS News
CBS News is the news division of American television and radio network CBS. The current chairman is Jeff Fager who is also the executive producer of 60 Minutes, while the current president of CBS News is David Rhodes. CBS News' flagship program is the CBS Evening News, hosted by the network's main...
and has served as a substitute anchor on "The CBS Evening News" Weekend Editions and CBS News Up to the Minute
Up to the Minute
Up to the Minute is a CBS overnight broadcast which offers hard news, features, interviews, weather, sports, business and commentary. Up to the Minute draws from the full resources of CBS News, including the CBS Evening News, Newspath, affiliate stations, the CBS Radio Network and Reuters Television...
.
Miller was born in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
. In 1989, she earned a journalism degree from Howard University
Howard University
Howard University is a federally chartered, non-profit, private, coeducational, nonsectarian, historically black university located in Washington, D.C., United States...
and holds a Masters Degree in Urban Studies from the University of New Orleans.
From 1994 to 2003, Miller lived in New Orleans and worked as a reporter and anchor for WWL-TV
WWL-TV
WWL-TV, virtual channel 4, is the CBS-affiliated television station serving New Orleans, Louisiana, southeast Louisiana and parts of southern and coastal Mississippi, and is the primary CBS station for South and Coastal Mississippi. It broadcasts on UHF digital channel 36...
, the CBS affiliate. For three of those years, her broadcast, "The Early Edition" was the highest rated newscast in its time slot across the Nation. Also between 1998 to 2001, Miller taught communications and broadcast journalism at Dillard University
Dillard University
Dillard University is a private, historically black liberal arts college in New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded in 1930 incorporating earlier institutions that went back to 1869, it is affiliated with the United Church of Christ and the United Methodist Church....
.
Upon first arriving to New York, Miller served as National Correspondent and substitute anchor for BET Nightly News
BET Nightly News
BET Nightly News is the main newscast of the Black Entertainment Television network. The newscast covered national and international news stories from a black perspective.The program ran for four years, ending in July 2005...
.
Miller received an Edward R. Murrow Award in 1998 and the Woman of the Year Award from the National Sports Foundation. She also received the National Association of Black Journalists Award of Excellence in 1997.
In 1988, Miller served as an intern at Nightline and the Minneapolis Star Tribune. From 1989 to 1990, she wrote for the South Bay and Valley editions of the Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
. From 1990 to 1993, she worked as an Assignment Editor, Producer and Reporter for Orange County Newschannel
Orange County Newschannel
The Orange County Newschannel was a regional cable news network featuring a rolling news format, serving Orange County, California south of the Metropolitan Los Angeles area...
in Santa Ana, California. From 1993 to 1994, she was a reporter and Weekend Morning anchor at WIS-TV in Columbia, South Carolina.
Miller is married to Marc H. Morial, President of the National Urban League
National Urban League
The National Urban League , formerly known as the National League on Urban Conditions Among Negroes, is a nonpartisan civil rights organization based in New York City that advocates on behalf of African Americans and against racial discrimination in the United States. It is the oldest and largest...
and former New Orleans mayor. She and her husband have a son, Mason, born in 2002, and a daughter, Margeaux, born in 2005.
External links
- Michelle Miller's biography from the CBS News website.
- Life After Katrina- Michelle Miller is interviewed for the article.