Michelle Gielan
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Michelle Gielan is an American broadcast journalist who is currently at CBS News
and anchored the morning news programs CBS Morning News
and Up to the Minute
. Her last broadcast for CBS was Thursday, June 17, 2010. She is also a correspondent for CBS' The Early Show
.
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Prior to that, Michelle was a reporter and fill-in anchor at Fox
owned-and-operated station WFLD
(channel 32) in Chicago, Illinois. She has also worked at NBC affiliate KTSM
in El Paso, Texas
as a general assignment reporter and anchor of NewsChannel 9 Today, the station's morning newscast. She began her career in journalism as a freelance anchor and reporter for the Los Angeles, California
-based nationally-distributed high school news program Channel One News
.
Michelle graduated cum laude with Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from Tufts University
. She did undergraduate work at the University of Sydney in Australia and studied broadcast journalism at UCLA. She serves on the board of the Living Values Education program and volunteers for LIFT - Leading India's Future Today.
CBS News
CBS News is the news division of American television and radio network CBS. The current chairman is Jeff Fager who is also the executive producer of 60 Minutes, while the current president of CBS News is David Rhodes. CBS News' flagship program is the CBS Evening News, hosted by the network's main...
and anchored the morning news programs CBS Morning News
CBS Morning News
For CBS's main morning news program, formerly known as CBS Morning News, see The Early Show.CBS Morning News is the half-hour daily television broadcast from CBS News that airs following Up to the Minute and features late-breaking news stories, weather forecasts, and sports scores...
and Up to the Minute
Up to the Minute
Up to the Minute is a CBS overnight broadcast which offers hard news, features, interviews, weather, sports, business and commentary. Up to the Minute draws from the full resources of CBS News, including the CBS Evening News, Newspath, affiliate stations, the CBS Radio Network and Reuters Television...
. Her last broadcast for CBS was Thursday, June 17, 2010. She is also a correspondent for CBS' The Early Show
The Early Show
The Early Show is an American television morning news talk show broadcast by CBS from New York City. The program airs live from 7 to 9 a.m. Eastern Time Monday through Friday; most affiliates in the Central, Mountain, and Pacific time zones air the show on tape-delay from 7 to 9 a.m. local time. ...
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Career
Michelle joined CBS News in July 2008. In 2009, Michelle anchored and co-produced "Happy Week" at CBS, a week-long series of interviews focusing on fostering happiness in life, relationships, the workplace and at home, especially during the recession. The series aired on Up to the MinuteUp to the Minute
Up to the Minute is a CBS overnight broadcast which offers hard news, features, interviews, weather, sports, business and commentary. Up to the Minute draws from the full resources of CBS News, including the CBS Evening News, Newspath, affiliate stations, the CBS Radio Network and Reuters Television...
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Prior to that, Michelle was a reporter and fill-in anchor at Fox
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
owned-and-operated station WFLD
WFLD
WFLD, virtual channel 32 , is the Fox owned-and-operated television station, based in Chicago, Illinois; through its parent company News Corporation, the station is owned in a duopoly with area MyNetworkTV affiliate WPWR-TV...
(channel 32) in Chicago, Illinois. She has also worked at NBC affiliate KTSM
KTSM
KTSM may refer to:* KTSM-TV, a television station licensed to El Paso, Texas, United States* KTSM , a radio station licensed to El Paso, Texas, United States...
in El Paso, Texas
El Paso, Texas
El Paso, is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States, and lies in far West Texas. In the 2010 census, the city had a population of 649,121. It is the sixth largest city in Texas and the 19th largest city in the United States...
as a general assignment reporter and anchor of NewsChannel 9 Today, the station's morning newscast. She began her career in journalism as a freelance anchor and reporter for the Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
-based nationally-distributed high school news program Channel One News
Channel One News
Channel One News is a 12 minute news program for teens broadcast via satellite to middle schools and high schools across the United States. Channel One is owned by Alloy Media + Marketing and based in New York City.-Program History:...
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Michelle graduated cum laude with Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from Tufts University
Tufts University
Tufts University is a private research university located in Medford/Somerville, near Boston, Massachusetts. It is organized into ten schools, including two undergraduate programs and eight graduate divisions, on four campuses in Massachusetts and on the eastern border of France...
. She did undergraduate work at the University of Sydney in Australia and studied broadcast journalism at UCLA. She serves on the board of the Living Values Education program and volunteers for LIFT - Leading India's Future Today.