Michelle Miller Biography
Michelle Miller is an award-winning journalist and author currently working as a co-host of “CBS Saturday Morning,” since 2018. Miller covers a wide range of stories, anchors breaking news and handles newsmaker interviews. She joined the network in 2004.
Michelle Miller Career
Additionally, Miller’s work is regularly featured on “CBS Mornings,” “CBS News Sunday Morning,” “CBS Evening News,” “48 Hours” and she anchors CBS News 24/7’s “Eye On America.”
She joined CBS News in 2004 and has reported on stories of national and international importance. Her reporting around social justice has been groundbreaking. Furthermore, Miller has been at the forefront of CBS News’ reporting on the protest movement involving issues such as her coverage of the killings of George Floyd, Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown, the nationwide outrage of the Emanuel 9 Massacre in Charleston, and sexual assault allegations against prominent celebrities.
In addition, she was the first CBS News correspondent on the ground at the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting and reported extensively on efforts to change the nation’s gun laws, including the March for Our Lives protests. Miller has also reported abroad on the refugee crisis in the Middle East, the celebration and life of Nelson Mandela, and the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla.
Moreover, Miller is a recipient of multiple prestigious journalism awards through her reports including an Emmy for her series of reports on the National Guard’s Youth Challenge Academy, an Edward R. Murrow for her coverage of a daycare center standoff in New Orleans, and she was part of the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award winning team for coverage of the Newtown, Connecticut school shooting. Miller further won a Gracie Award for her 2019 report on the hidden world of sex trafficking in “48 Hours: Live to Tell: Trafficked,” and again for her 2023 report on an NYPD detective who triumphed over domestic abuse and survived being shot 10 times in “48 Hours: Katrina Brownlee: The Good Cop.”
Michelle Miller CBS News
In 2023, she was honored at the ColorComm Circle Awards. Miller has also earned a Salute to Excellence Award from The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) and was voted Woman of the Year by the National Sports Foundation. TV Week also named her as one of the “12 to watch in TV news” in 2014.
Furthermore, Miller has interviewed global leaders, politicians, artists and celebrities, including Oprah Winfrey, Beyoncé, Tiffany Haddish, Angela Bassett, Trevor Noah, Stephen Colber, Jon Batiste, John Goodman, Tony Bennett, Samara Joy,James Earl Jones, Lenny Kravitz, LL COOL J, Carlos Santana, Denzel Washington, Renée Fleming, Rapper The D.O.C. and violinist Yo-Yo Ma.
Her career in broadcast and print journalism includes work at the Los Angeles Times, the Star Tribune in Minneapolis, CBS affiliate WWL-TV in New Orleans, WIS-TV in Columbia, South Carolina, the Orange County News channel, and ABC News “Nightline” in Washington, D.C. She has also taught journalism and mass communication at Dillard University in New Orleans.
Besides her co-hosting and reporting duties, Miller is also a board member for the School of American Ballet and Education Africa and has served on the March of Dimes National Communications Advisory Council. She is a member of the Greater New York Chapter of the Links, Inc., Jack & Jill of America and is a founding member of the Women’s Leadership Initiative for the United Way of New Orleans. Earlier on, Miller served as vice president of the YWCA of Greater New Orleans and president of both the Black Journalists Association of Southern California and the New Orleans Association of Black Journalists. She is also a former member of the Board of Advisors at Hampton University’s Scripps Howard School of Journalism.
Michelle Miller Early Life
In addition, Miller has participated in the Poynter Institute, was a Hitesman Lecturer at Louisiana State University’s Manship School of Mass Communication, the Annual H. Naylor Fitzhugh Conference at the Harvard Business School and a guest speaker for the National Model UN Program. She also holds Honorary Degrees from St. Francis University and St. Peter’s University, and was the Commencement Speaker at Tennessee State University and was awarded Distinguished Alum from both of her Alma maters, Howard University and The University of New Orleans.
Miller is also the author of the New York Times best-seller “Belonging: A Daughter’s Search for Identity Through Loss and Love,” a memoir which details Miller’s deeply personal journey of confronting her past and finding her voice.
She was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. Miller graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Journalism from Howard University and studied abroad in Kenya and Tanzania. She also holds a Master of Science Degree in Urban Studies from the University of New Orleans. She resides in New Jersey with her husband and three children.
Michelle Miller Age
Miller was born in Los Angeles, California on 8 December, 1967 and is now 57 years old as of 2024.
Michelle Miller Height
She stands at an average height of 5 feet 7 inches (1.70m) tall.
Michelle Miller Education
Miller graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Journalism from Howard University and studied abroad in Kenya and Tanzania. She also holds a Master of Science Degree in Urban Studies from the University of New Orleans.
Michelle Miller Family
She was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. Miller’s father, Dr. Ross Miller, MD, was the first physician to attend to Robert F. Kennedy at the site of his assassination on 5 June, 1968. There is no information about her mother. However, will update as soon as the information is available.
Michelle Miller Husband
Miller tied the knot with her husband, Marc H. Morial in 1999. He is the President and CEO of the National Urban League and a former New Orleans mayor.
Michelle Miller Children
She is a mother of three children, Margeaux, Kemah and Mason Morial.
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