Michelle Tuzee is an American television news anchor. Tuzee co-anchored KABC's ''

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'' at 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. with Marc Brown.KABC-TV > On-Air Talent Bios > Michelle Tuzee
URL accessed April 11, 2010. On December 17, 2020, she announced that health issues have forced her to step back from her anchor duties.

Biography

Tuzee graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the

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where she majored in Journalism. Tuzee's first job in television news was at KJCT in Grand Junction,

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. She was a general assignment reporter and later a producer and anchor. These positions led to a market job with

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, Green Bay,

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where she worked as a reporter. She would go on to work as an anchor/reporter at

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in Fort Myers, Florida and

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in Miami, where she anchored the top-rated "Today in Florida" and "7 News at Noon." In 1997, Michelle joined KABC as an anchor. She received an Emmy award as part of the team win for Best Newscast, an Associated Press award for excellence in reporting, and a Telly Award for her work with

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. On December 18, 2020, Tuzee stepped back from her duties as news anchor due to health concerns.

References

External links

Michelle Tuzee Bio: https://abc7.com/about/newsteam/michelle-tuzee/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Tuzee, Michelle Living people Television anchors from Los Angeles Television anchors from Miami USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism alumni Year of birth missing (living people)