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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Wake County commissioners have unanimously passed a $2 billion budget for the next fiscal year. It increases spending on public schools by $58 million. -
The North Carolina Forest Service says the invasive metallic green beetle known as the emerald ash borer has now been detected in 76 counties. -
North Carolina environmental regulators say it could take until the end of the year to determine how to clean up lead contamination at five public parks in Durham. -
Leaders of the Alamance-Burlington School System have approved a budget proposal that realigns dozens of positions amid the district's funding crisis. The proposal also cuts nearly 70 vacant positions. -
Nearly 40% of North Carolina correctional officer positions are vacant. And thousands of beds at prisons across the state are closed because there aren’t enough certified officers to cover them. -
Bill Harrison, the newly named interim superintendent of the Alamance-Burlington School System, says the district will have to cut programs or positions amid its budget crisis. -
The family of Darryl Tyree Williams has filed a lawsuit against the city of Raleigh, claiming Raleigh police officers unlawfully detained and tased him during an encounter last year that resulted in his death. -
North Carolinians can now bet on sporting events online. Eight online and mobile sports betting platforms launched Monday at noon. -
When Guillermo Nurse was elected mayor of Oxford, North Carolina in November, he became the first Latino mayor in the state. He's also the first Black mayor of Oxford. Nurse ran on a platform of unity in a town that he says has struggled with racial and economic division for decades. -
Two more North Carolina parents are suing the food distributor WanaBana, saying their children suffered lead poisoning from the company's fruit puree products.
