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 ed 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.
UNC professor and behavioral scientist Noel Brewer was among the 17 of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) who were removed from their positions this week.
Duke Health says the Cary facility will serve a quickly growing part of Wake County with at least 40 new hospital beds in the coming years.
Brian Smith was introduced as the president and CEO of GoTriangle. The organization's previous CEO resigned after plans for a regional commuter rail line were put on hold.
A message posted on CAM Raleigh's website says it's navigating a changing financial landscape in which the cost of running a museum is outpacing traditional .
The latest numbers show 656,000 North Carolinians have gained coverage through Medicaid since it expanded in 2023.
UNC-Chapel Hill history professor Kathleen DuVal recently won a Pulitzer Prize for her book, "Native Nations," which chronicles Native history in North America over the last 1,000 years.
Nearly six months after Election Day, North Carolina's election for a seat on the state Supreme Court remains the last uncertified race in the country.
The state Senate’s budget proposal, which ed its final vote Thursday, would eliminate the North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission. Its executive director is lobbying state lawmakers to keep funding it.-
The state Senate’s budget proposal, which ed its final vote Thursday, would eliminate the North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission. Its executive director is lobbying state lawmakers to keep funding it.
In North Carolina, 34 public schools have American Indian logos or mascots, according to the State Advisory Council on Indian Education. State lawmakers are considering a bill that would ban them.