Michael Cogdill:
CLASS OF 1979
North Buncombe High SchoolClass of 1979
Weaverville, NC
University of North Carolina - AshevilleClass of 1984
Asheville, NC
Michael's Story
Michael Cogdill is blessed to be one of the most honored television storytellers in America. His cache of awards includes 23 Emmys and the National Edward R. Murrow for a broad range of achievement, from live reporting to long-form storytelling. His work proves the power a message can hold when it reaches the human heart. Michael¿s television credits as a writer/performer include CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, and The Today Show. His interview credits include The Reverend Billy Graham (multiple), The Reverend Franklin Graham (multiple), Dr. Henry Kissinger, Abby Hoffman, Hillary Clinton, Howard K. Smith, James Brown, and countless eminent members of Congress along with other key newsmakers around the country. His coverage credits include Presidents and Vice Presidents of the United States and major figures in entertainment. He is a sought-after motivational and inspirational speaker, whose messages deeply move all audiences. Michael is a writer working across genres that include children¿s literature, the Southern novel, and business non-fiction. ...Expand for more
His latest competed work, a novel entitled She-Rain, is represented by literary agent Terry Porter and is currently under serious review at ten major publishing houses in the U.S. and London. Former CNN National Correspondent, Marc Watts, represents Michael's television career through Signature Media Group, Chicago.
Michael was born in Asheville, North Carolina, June 11, 1961 -- the son of a truck driver and a mill worker. He is extremely proud of his working-people roots, drawing on their deep wisdom and life lessons in his reporting, writing and public speaking. Michael is a cum laude graduate of the University of North Carolina at Asheville with a degree in communications, emphasis on the liberal arts. He married Jill Kremer Cogdill in 1985, and together they've founded a company, Cracker the Crab LLC, publishing children's literature and extending a broad product line with emphasis on raising self-esteem in the young. Michael currently anchors the 6:00 and 11:00 news weeknights on WYFF News 4, NBC in the West Carolinas and Georgia.
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