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EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE

Expertise & Experience

Michelle Bonner is an award-winning journalist, writer, educator, and storytelling coach with more than 25 years of experience helping people communicate clearly, confidently, and authentically.

Hailed by the Los Angeles Times as the first woman to be named the “lead” sports anchor in a major television news market — Los Angeles, the nation’s No. 2 media market — Michelle went on to become an ESPN anchor and personality, appearing on a variety of programs including SportsCenter, the network’s flagship sports news show.

Before joining ESPN, Michelle was an anchor and reporter at CNN in Atlanta and FOX Sports in Los Angeles. She began her broadcasting career at WCHS-TV, the ABC affiliate in Charleston, West Virginia, before working as a news and sports anchor and reporter in Bangor, Maine, Manchester, New Hampshire, and Houston, Texas.

Throughout her career, Michelle has covered major national sports and news stories, written features for outlets including USA Lacrosse Magazine, USA Hockey Magazine and We-Ha.com, and helped individuals, organizations, and brands find the strongest version of their story.

Michelle has received numerous honors for her reporting and writing, including two Emmy Awards, six Emmy nominations, and the prestigious Edward R. Murrow Award for Excellence in Journalism. She considers her Murrow-winning feature on Marlin Briscoe, the first Black starting quarterback in the NFL, one of the great honors of her career.

A native New Englander, Michelle graduated from Northeastern University in Boston with a bachelor’s degree in English. She originally planned to attend law school before discovering that her true calling was storytelling.

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ADJUNCT PROFESSOR / GUEST LECTURER

Michelle also brings extensive teaching experience to her work with students. She began teaching as an adjunct professor at the University of Hartford in 2010, leading an Advanced Broadcasting course focused on creative writing, communication, and how to tell a compelling story. She has also been invited to guest lecture at several universities, including Northeastern University and Quinnipiac University.