Will Michaels
Weekend Host/ReporterWill Michaels started his professional radio career at ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾.
He was first an intern while studying at UNC-Chapel Hill. As a part of his internship, he worked for a semester on the daily national show, The Story with Dick Gordon. Will concentrated on radio while at college, studying under veteran NPR reporter Adam Hochberg. He began as a reporter for , UNC's radio news magazine, and then became an anchor and managing editor for the program in 2009, when it was named the best college radio news program in the country by the Society of Professional Journalists.
Will came back to ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾ after graduation in 2010 as the producer for the local broadcast of Morning Edition, rising before the sun to help host Eric Hodge gather and present the news. In 2014, he produced ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾'s My Teacher series, part of the North Carolina Teacher Project. He joined the team for The State of Things later that year.
In 2016, Will became ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾'s first Daily News Producer, creating content for ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾ newscasts and periodically filling in as host for Morning Edition or All Things Considered. In 2020, Will moved from producing to reporting full time as ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾'s General Assignment Reporter.
In 2023, Will was named ¼ª²ÊÍøÍøÕ¾'s Weekend Host while continuing to report on stories across North Carolina.
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The number of mpox cases, formerly known as monkeypox, is low in North Carolina. But a different, more contagious, type of the virus continues to spread in other parts of the world. A UNC doctor explains the differences between the two and how to mitigate the spread of the one that’s already here. -
Six straight weeks of steady rainfall has eliminated drought conditions across North Carolina. -
A popular Neuse River access point in Raleigh has been blocked off after a series of drownings there. -
North Carolina has significantly less funding to help low-income residents with utility bills this summer. Local governments are getting a fraction of what they've received in previous years. -
Dominion Energy is taking steps to enhance the resilience of its electric grid in North Carolina, including using taller, wider, and deeper steel poles to withstand severe weather conditions like the EF3 tornado that hit Nash County a year ago. -
For nearly 25 years, the Airborne and Special Operations Museum in Fayetteville has been telling the stories of Airborne soldiers who fought in every major conflict since World War II. This year, Cumberland County Commissioners denied the museum’s request for $200,000 in local funding.
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Chapel Hill recorded just half an inch of rain in June, damaging or destroying some crops and threatening others. -
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has agreed to delay a pilot program that would have applied a chemical treatment to improve water quality at Lake Mattamuskeet as a lawsuit against it continues. -
Raleigh and other cities across the Triangle banned vehicles in parades after the death of 11-year-old Hailey Brooks in 2022. -
Elizabeth City, N.C., has submitted an overdue audit that shows the city has resolved some issues with financial oversight, but continues to struggle with others.
