Michele Mitchell
Encyclopedia
Michele Mitchell is an American journalist
and author
who covers politics
and social issues
http://www.pbs.org/now/transcript/transcriptNOW148_full.html for PBS
, CNN Headline News
and, currently, Film@11.
She grew up in Yorba Linda, California
, and attended Esperanza High School
, where she ran track and cross country, and wrote for the school newspaper as well as the youth section of the Los Angeles Times http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa4026/is_200204/ai_n9061348/. She attended Northwestern University
in Evanston, Illinois
, where she earned a BSJ and MSJ in 1992. Throughout her college career, she wrote sports for the Chicago Tribune
. However, her first job was on Capitol Hill with Rep. Pete Geren
(D-TX), where she worked as communications director for three years.
Her journalism career began during the height of the "Generation X
" political trend http://www.nysun.com/on-the-town/decoding-gen-x-values/2382/, which she wrote about in 1998 in her first book, A New Kind of Party Animal: How the Young Are Changing Politics As Usual (Simon & Schuster). The book led to a job at CNN Headline News
as a political analyst for the 2000 election http://www.cnn.com/chat/transcripts/2000/8/16/mitchell/index.html. In 2001, she became the political anchor at Headline News, covering daily political stories and, post-9/11, she filed one of the last interviews given by the legendary mujahadeen Abdul Haq http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa4026/is_200204/ai_n9061348/. She left Headline News in 2003 after her second novel was published, but returned to television on "NOW with Bill Moyers
" on PBS. There, she filed investigative stories on the war on terror, vote fraud, women and the economy, and the Abramoff scandal.
In 2006, she founded the independent multi-platform media company Film@11 http://www.filmat11.tv.
She is the recipient of a Gracie
award http://www.newswomensclubnewyork.com/2005-front-page-awards-winners/ and also received an honorable citation from the Overseas Press Awards for her coverage of Nepalese girls sold into indentured servitude http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/414/transcript.html. She also serves on the advisory board of the Authors Guild of America, Amman Imman http://www.ammanimman.org/ and BYKids.
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
and author
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
who covers politics
Politics
Politics is a process by which groups of people make collective decisions. The term is generally applied to the art or science of running governmental or state affairs, including behavior within civil governments, but also applies to institutions, fields, and special interest groups such as the...
and social issues
Social issues
Social issues are controversial issues which relate to people's personal lives and interactions. Social issues are distinguished from economic issues...
http://www.pbs.org/now/transcript/transcriptNOW148_full.html for PBS
Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
, CNN Headline News
CNN Headline News
HLN, formerly known as CNN Headline News and CNN2, is a cable television news channel based in the United States and a spinoff of the cable news television channel, CNN. Initially airing tightly-formatted 30-minute newscasts around the clock, since 2005, the channel has increasingly aired long-form...
and, currently, Film@11.
She grew up in Yorba Linda, California
Yorba Linda, California
Yorba Linda is a suburban city in northeastern Orange County, California, approximately northeast of Downtown Santa Ana, and southeast of Downtown Los Angeles....
, and attended Esperanza High School
Esperanza High School
Esperanza High School is a 9th–12th grade public high school located in Anaheim, California and is part of the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District....
, where she ran track and cross country, and wrote for the school newspaper as well as the youth section of the Los Angeles Times http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa4026/is_200204/ai_n9061348/. She attended Northwestern University
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
in Evanston, Illinois
Evanston, Illinois
Evanston is a suburban municipality in Cook County, Illinois 12 miles north of downtown Chicago, bordering Chicago to the south, Skokie to the west, and Wilmette to the north, with an estimated population of 74,360 as of 2003. It is one of the North Shore communities that adjoin Lake Michigan...
, where she earned a BSJ and MSJ in 1992. Throughout her college career, she wrote sports for the Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune
The Chicago Tribune is a major daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, and the flagship publication of the Tribune Company. Formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" , it remains the most read daily newspaper of the Chicago metropolitan area and the Great Lakes region and is...
. However, her first job was on Capitol Hill with Rep. Pete Geren
Pete Geren
Preston M. "Pete" Geren, III served as the 20th United States Secretary of the Army from July 16, 2007 to September 16, 2009...
(D-TX), where she worked as communications director for three years.
Her journalism career began during the height of the "Generation X
Generation X
Generation X, commonly abbreviated to Gen X, is the generation born after the Western post–World War II baby boom ended. While there is no universally agreed upon time frame, the term generally includes people born from the early 1960's through the early 1980's, usually no later than 1981 or...
" political trend http://www.nysun.com/on-the-town/decoding-gen-x-values/2382/, which she wrote about in 1998 in her first book, A New Kind of Party Animal: How the Young Are Changing Politics As Usual (Simon & Schuster). The book led to a job at CNN Headline News
CNN Headline News
HLN, formerly known as CNN Headline News and CNN2, is a cable television news channel based in the United States and a spinoff of the cable news television channel, CNN. Initially airing tightly-formatted 30-minute newscasts around the clock, since 2005, the channel has increasingly aired long-form...
as a political analyst for the 2000 election http://www.cnn.com/chat/transcripts/2000/8/16/mitchell/index.html. In 2001, she became the political anchor at Headline News, covering daily political stories and, post-9/11, she filed one of the last interviews given by the legendary mujahadeen Abdul Haq http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa4026/is_200204/ai_n9061348/. She left Headline News in 2003 after her second novel was published, but returned to television on "NOW with Bill Moyers
Bill Moyers
Bill Moyers is an American journalist and public commentator. He served as White House Press Secretary in the United States President Lyndon B. Johnson Administration from 1965 to 1967. He worked as a news commentator on television for ten years. Moyers has had an extensive involvement with public...
" on PBS. There, she filed investigative stories on the war on terror, vote fraud, women and the economy, and the Abramoff scandal.
In 2006, she founded the independent multi-platform media company Film@11 http://www.filmat11.tv.
She is the recipient of a Gracie
Gracie
Gracie may refer to:* Gracie , a 2007 American film directed by Davis Guggenheim* Gracie family, a Brazilian sporting family known for their jiu-jitsu style* Gracie , a given name and a family name...
award http://www.newswomensclubnewyork.com/2005-front-page-awards-winners/ and also received an honorable citation from the Overseas Press Awards for her coverage of Nepalese girls sold into indentured servitude http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/414/transcript.html. She also serves on the advisory board of the Authors Guild of America, Amman Imman http://www.ammanimman.org/ and BYKids.
Selected works
- A New Kind of Party Animal: How the Young Are Changing Politics as Usual (1998) ISBN 0-684-83697-1
- The Latest Bombshell (2003) ISBN 0-452-28544-5
- Our Girl in Washington (2006) ISBN 0-452-28607-7