Mish Michaels
Mishelle 'Mish' Michaels (born Anuradha Mukherjee, 1968 – c. March 16, 2022)[1] was an American broadcast meteorologist, environmental reporter, and author.[2]
Life and career
[edit]Michaels was born in Kolkata, India. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Meteorology from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and a Master's Degree in Technology from Harvard University.[3]
Michaels worked at WHDH and The Weather Channel. Before working at WHDH she spent some time at WMUR-TV in Manchester, NH. [4] She joined the WBZ-TV weather team in September 2001 and left in July 2009. After leaving WBZ-TV, she spent time raising her children and writing books in her spare time.[4] In late 2010, she contributed to the book, Extreme New England Weather written by Josh Judge, with her story of a deadly microburst in Stratham, New Hampshire, in 1991.
On January 31, 2017, Michaels announced via Twitter her employment with WGBH as a science reporter.[5] On February 8, 2017, it was made public that she had been fired from the position as she "...has been outspoken in her controversial belief that vaccines cause autism..."[6] as well as a disbelief in man made climate change. Michaels later disputed these claims on her personal website.[7][8]
Her family announced her death during the week of March 16, 2022, but no cause of death was given.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "How Anuradha Mukherjee Became Mishelle Michaels". Retrieved May 30, 2024.
- ^ "WBZ Bios: Mish Michaels". Archived from the original on March 8, 2009. Retrieved March 30, 2009.
- ^ Mustafa, Filiz (March 17, 2022). "Who Was Mish Michaels? Boston Meteorologist's Death Shocks Colleagues". hitc.com. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
- ^ a b "Conditions Just 'Write' for Mish Michaels". Retrieved May 17, 2017.
- ^ "Mish Michaels tweet". Retrieved May 17, 2017.
- ^ "Newly hired WGBH science reporter loses job over anti-vaccine views - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
- ^ Michaels, Mish. "Press Statement by Meteorologist Mish Michaels". www.mishmichaelsweather.com. Archived from the original on June 16, 2021. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
- ^ "Mish Michaels on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved May 17, 2017.
- ^ Finucane, Martin (March 16, 2022). "Family mourns passing of longtime Boston broadcast meteorologist Mish Michaels". The Boston Globe. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
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- 1968 births
- 2022 deaths
- 20th-century American women
- 21st-century American women
- People from Kolkata
- Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences alumni
- Harvard University alumni
- Indian emigrants to the United States
- American television weather presenters
- American women journalists
- American writers of Indian descent