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Mish Michaels
Mish Michaels is an Emmy Award winning broadcast meteorologist and environmental reporter. She joined the WBZ-TV Weather Team in September 2001. Since then, her weather coverage has taken viewers on a tornado chase in Oklahoma, on a flight into Hurricane Isabel and to the top of Mount Washington in mid-winter. Besides her field coverage of storms, Mish is the only reporter in Boston dedicated to covering stories related to weather and climate change.
Before joining the WBZ-TV Weather Team, Michaels worked for The Weather Channel (TWC) as co-host of Atmospheres, a prime-time weather magazine show. Prior to that, she worked for WHDH (NBC) in Boston from 1992-2000. During that time, she was twice named "Boston's Best Meteorologist" by the Improper Bostonian. Before joining WHDH, she worked as weekend meteorologist/environmental reporter for WMUR-TV 9 in Manchester, New Hampshire.
Mish is a 2006 recipient of a Metcalf Fellowship presented by The Metcalf Institute for Marine and Environmental Reporting. She was also awarded a science journalism fellowship to study at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on Cape Cod in September of 2004. The fellowship allowed her to investigate various weather related topics including climate change and ocean/atmospheric coupling. Mish is Editor-in-Chief of the WBZ-TV Weather Almanac, a yearly publication highlighting New England weather. She has also worked on weather related museum projects including an exhibit called Weatherwise now open at the Museum of Science, Boston and another permanent exhibit at the Christa McAuliffe Planetarium in Concord, NH.
Mish has been affiliated with the Meteorology Department at UMASS Lowell for over a decade, where she has taught a course called "Meteorological Communications" in the past to students in the major. Mish has also worked on numerous educational projects related to meteorology with various organizations including the Harvard Smithsonian Institute, and continues to support the WINS program (Women in the Natural Sciences), run by the Blue Hill Weather Observatory in Milton. The program seeks to inspire adolescent girls to pursue careers in math, science and technology through thoughtful study of the atmosphere.
Born in Calcutta, India with the given name Anuradha meaning "one who does good for others," Mish supports numerous charitable organizations. Currently, she is involved with the Big Sister Association of Boston and volunteered her time as a Big Sister for almost a decade. She is also a Member of the Corporation at the Germaine Lawrence School for adolescent girls in crisis, and in the past, headed a yearly fundraiser for The Pine Street Inn to collect socks and mittens to support services during the colder months of the year.
Michaels has been profiled in Boston magazine, The Boston Globe, Worth, Platinum, Parade, The Improper Bostonian, India Today, India Economic Times and Cosmopolitan. In the past, she was named one of the "Top Ten Young Leaders" by the Boston Jaycees, "Big Sister of the Year" by the Big Sister Association, and "Woman of the Year" by Germaine Lawrence.
Mish is an avid equestrian and enjoys watercolor painting, spending time with family and friends, and travel. She lives with her husband in Cambridge along with their daughter Nalina.
Mish has a Master's degree in Technology in Education from Harvard University. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Meteorology from Cornell University in New York. Mish was named "Young Alumni of the Year" by her college at Cornell University in 2004. Mish was also awarded an honorary Doctor of Science from Regis College in May 2005. Mish received the American Meteorological Society (AMS) Broadcast Seal of Approval in 1997.
Boston's WBZ-TV is part of CBS Television Stations, a division of CBS Corporation.
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