Marc Morial Wife An Edward R. Murrow Award Winner

May 2024 · 3 minute read

Marc Morial wife, Michelle Miller, is a national correspondent for the CBS News channel. She is currently working as a host on CBS Saturday Morning segment.

The pair have welcomed two kids: a daughter, Margeaux, born in 2005, and a son, Mason, born in 2002.

Marc Morial, an American political and civic leader, currently serves as the president of the National Urban League.

Just a few weeks after taking control of the nation’s most prominent historic civil rights association, Marc H. Morial gave his first “State of the Urban League” keynote address at the Conference in Pittsburgh, setting out a bold, 5-point Empowerment Agenda that would come to represent the next 20 years of civil rights supervision. 

Two decades later, these five points stand glorified as the National Urban League’s five pillars: Education and Youth Development, Housing and Community Development, Jobs and Economic Empowerment, Justice and Civic Engagement, and Health and Quality of Life.

As the first elected official to direct the National Urban League, Morial has brought an exceptional political understanding and deep awareness of the government’s internal functioning to the Urban League and the entire 21st Century Civil Rights Movement.

However, his wife supports him throughout his political journey.

Michelle Miller’s educational background

Michelle has also worked as a substitute news reporter on CBS Mornings and 48 Hours. She was born in LA, California, United States of America.

In her academic profile, she holds the degree of Bachelor of Arts in journalism from Howard University.

Furthermore, she also has a Master of Science degree in urban studies from the University of New Orleans.

What is Marc Morial wife profession?

After arriving in New York, she got a job as a National Correspondent and substitute anchor at BET Nightly News.

In 1988, she worked as an intern at Minneapolis Star Tribune and Nightline. 

In the period 1989 to 1990, she started writing for South Bay and Valley editions of the Los Angeles Times.

From 1990 to 1993, she served as a reporter, producer, and assignment editor for Orange County News channel in Santa Ana, CA.

In the time span from 1993 to 1994, Michelle worked as a Weekend Morning anchor and reporter at WIS-TV in Columbia, SC.

After that, she lived in New Orleans and served as an anchor and reporter for WWL-TV till 2003.

For three consecutive years, her broadcast, ‘The Early Edition,’ was the highest-rated newscast in its time slot across the United States.

However, between 1998 and 2001, she enrolled at Dillard University to learn communications and broadcast journalism.

She had a cameo appearance in 2003 as a reporter in the movie Runaway Jury, a movie inspired by the John Grisham novel.

And finally, she joined CBS News in 2004 and is still working for them.

In 1998, Marc Morial wife received the Woman of the Year Award from the National Sports Foundation as well as an Edward R. Murrow Award.

In the previous year, Michelle was honored with the National Association of Black Journalists Award of Excellence. 

She was also presented with an honorable degree by St. Francis College, where she delivered the keynote address at the May commencement ceremony for the Class of 2019.

Besides her journalism and broadcasting career, she has also published a memoir in 2023 named ‘Belonging: A Daughter’s Search for Identity Through Love and Loss.’

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