Will Michaels
Will Michaels started his professional radio career at WUNC.
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 AdamHochberg. He began as a reporter forCarolina Connection,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 WUNC 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 WUNC'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 WUNC's first Daily News Producer, creating content for WUNC 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 WUNC's General Assingment Reporter. He now hosts Morning Edition each Friday.
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The Kaiser Family Foundation estimates nearly 400,000 people would be covered if North Carolina expands Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. -
Federal investigation finds UNC-CH vice chancellor for research plagiarized part of a grant applicatA federal investigation has found UNC-Chapel Hill Vice Chancellor for Research Terry Magnuson plagiarized part of a grant application. -
The National Weather Service says heavy snow and strong winds were forecasted to begin in parts of the Carolinas and Appalachia on Friday evening. The system will then intensify as a nor’easter off the East Coast and bring snowy conditions up through New England. -
Researchers have been studying how the coronavirus could become endemic. That means the virus would not be eradicated, but would be rarer and less deadly, and the spread of COVID-19 would drop to a manageable rate. -
WUNC education reporter Liz Schlemmer reviews some of the biggest stories from her beat in 2021. -
North Carolina hospitals are reporting a slow, but steady increase in hospitalizations from COVID-19 as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus spreads. -
WUNC health reporter Jason deBruyn reviews some of the biggest stories in health care news in North Carolina from 2021. -
WUNC's political team, Jeff Tiberii and Rusty Jacobs, recall some of the biggest stories in North Carolina politics from 2021. -
WUNC reporters tackle the big questions for North Carolinians looking to protect themselves and their families. -
WUNC's Will Michaels speaks to Rep. David Price, who announced his retirement from Congress at the end of his current term
