Michelle Miller is a national correspondent for

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and currently serves as a co-host on ''

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''. She has also served as a substitute anchor on ''

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'' and ''48 Hours on ID''.

Early life

Miller was born in

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. She earned a

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degree in

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from

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and holds a

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degree in urban studies from the

University of New Orleans The University of New Orleans (UNO) is a public research university in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is a member of the University of Louisiana System and the Urban 13 association. It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High rese ...

Career

Upon first arriving in

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, Miller served as National Correspondent and substitute anchor for ''

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''. In 1988, Miller served as an intern at ''

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'' and the ''

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''. From 1989 to 1990, she wrote for the South Bay and Valley editions of the ''

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''. From 1990 to 1993, she worked as an Assignment Editor, Producer and Reporter for

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. From 1993 to 1994, she was a reporter and Weekend Morning anchor at

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. From 1994 to 2003, Miller lived in

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and worked as a reporter and anchor for

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, the

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affiliate. For three of those years, her broadcast, "The Early Edition" was the highest rated newscast in its time slot across the Nation. Also between 1998 and 2001, Miller taught communications and broadcast journalism at

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. In 2003, Miller had a cameo appearance as a reporter in the movie ''

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'' based on the novel by

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. In 2004, Miller joined CBS News.

Awards

Miller received an Edward R. Murrow Award in 1998 and the Woman of the Year Award from the National Sports Foundation. She also received the

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Award of Excellence in 1997. Miller received an honorary degree from

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upon reading her keynote address for the school's May commencement ceremony for the Class of 2019.

Personal life

Miller is married to

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, President and CEO of the

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and former

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mayor. She and her husband have a son, Mason, born in 2002, and a daughter, Margeaux, born in 2005. Miller's father, Dr. Ross Miller, MD, was the first physician to attend to

Robert F. Kennedy Robert Francis Kennedy (November 20, 1925June 6, 1968), also known by his initials RFK and by the nickname Bobby, was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 64th United States Attorney General from January 1961 to September 1964, ...

at the site of his assassination on June 5, 1968.

References

External links

Michelle Miller's biography
from the CBS News website.
Life After Katrina
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