Will Michaels
Weekend Host/ReporterWill 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 Adam Hochberg. He began as a reporter for Carolina 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 Assignment Reporter.
In 2023, Will was named WUNC's Weekend Host while continuing to report on stories across North Carolina.
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The state Senate’s budget proposal, which passed its final vote Thursday, would eliminate the North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission. Its executive director is lobbying state lawmakers to keep funding it. -
The state Senate’s budget proposal, which passed its final vote Thursday, would eliminate the North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission. Its executive director is lobbying state lawmakers to keep funding it.
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In North Carolina, 34 public schools have American Indian logos or mascots, according to the State Advisory Council on Indian Education. State lawmakers are considering a bill that would ban them. -
When Guillermo Nurse was elected mayor of Oxford, N.C, a city he’s called home for 15 years, he said unifying his fellow residents was his driving force. He’s been the mayor for a little more than a year, so we called him up to see how it's going. -
Dollar Tree is selling Family Dollar for $1 billion a decade after it bought the North Carolina company for $8 billion. -
The National Hurricane Center has released its final report on Helene, the storm that tore through western North Carolina six months ago.
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The N.C. Treasurer's office is crafting a proposal to overhaul the way his office controls investments in the state pension plan. -
National parks across the U.S. are not immune to the Trump administration’s cuts, and North Carolina is already seeing the impact. -
Re-freezing could also result in black ice and slick travel conditions. Significant ice accumulations were forecast in eastern North Carolina, the National Weather Service said. -
Raleigh will soon reopen bids for its first bus rapid transit line on New Bern Avenue. In its first two attempts, the city received only one bid that was $30 million over budget.
