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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For almost 100 years, the Hogan family of Chapel Hill has been raising a local celebrity. Rameses, a Dorset ram, serves as the live mascot at UNC football games. WUNC reporter and Tar Heel super fan Will Michaels tagged along for the recent game against Duke. -
Raleigh is pausing applications for new parade permits as the city reviews the way it hosts the events. The move comes shortly after Raleigh and some other areas banned motorized vehicles at Christmas parades this year. -
At the end of a recent semester, North Carolina State University English professor Paul Fyfe told his students to use the text-generating AI software ChatGPT to help write their final essays. The rise of AI software brings with it the prospect of making our lives easier. But could it also be unethical? Is it plagiarism? And could it chip away at our own creativity? -
Durham County is receiving a $3.3 million in federal infrastructure funds to build a new solid waste drop-off facility and improve its recycling programs. -
A new study from Duke University suggests green spaces across the country could have lasting soil contamination from trash incinerators used decades ago. -
Nearly a year after a mass shooting in Raleigh's Hedingham neighborhood, the memory of Rob Steele's late fiancée is fresh in his mind as he starts a campaign for Raleigh City Council. -
Tuesday's severe thunderstorms caused damages, outages, car accidents, and road closures. One 78-year-old Durham woman died after a tree fell on her car. -
Additional testing has found unsafe levels of lead , according to EPA standards, in soil at five public parks in Durham.
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Wednesday is the deadline for veterans to start the process of getting the first year of benefits for being exposed to toxic burn pits during their deployments. -
More members of the state commission that oversees local government audits are raising concerns about Elizabeth City's finances.
