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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In Durham County, the sheriff’s office has 125 open positions. About 100 of them are at the county jail. WUNC's Will Michaels spoke with Durham County Sheriff Clarence Birkhead about why the vacancies persist.
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Officials in Elizabeth City say they have submitted one of two overdue audits that drew the attention of the state treasurer.
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President Biden toured a North Carolina chip manufacturer Tuesday to promote his economic agenda. The president said the Durham-based company Wolfspeed could help revitalize American manufacturing.
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Biden will visit the Durham-based company Wolfspeed, which recently announced an expansion, including a new computer chip facility in Chatham County that will have an estimated 1,800 jobs.
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The school is hosting the Universities Studying Slavery consortium's biannual conference this week.
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The expansion is expected to add an estimated 600,000 people who have been living without health insurance.
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A bipartisan group of lawmakers has reintroduced a bill that would start the process of building more public monuments dedicated to civil rights icons.
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The centuries-long persecution of Native American and enslaved Black people in this country suppressed access to collective heritage. In Hillsborough, N.C., descendants of Native and Black North Carolinians are hoping newly discovered cemeteries will help spotlight their ancestors' legacies.
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Sandhills Pride is continuing its LGBTQ support groups in Moore County following recent protests at a local drag show.