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Michelle Wright

Michelle Wright is the co-anchor of WTAE Channel 4 Action News weekdays at noon and 5 p.m.

A native of Lynchburg, Va., Michelle graduated from Liberty University with a bachelor's degree in political science and a double minor in journalism and television. She arrived at WTAE in 1994 after leaving WSET in Lynchburg.

Michelle has won three Emmy Awards, a National Headliners Award, and an Edward R. Murrow Award. She has also been honored by the Associated Press and the Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasting, among other groups.

The best part of her job is "meeting people and knowing the information I'm able to pass along can improve lives."

Michelle's proudest moment in the business was covering the Quecreek mine rescue in 2002.

She remembers her most embarrassing broadcasting moment in the business:

"I had to go from covering a train derailment in the rain straight to interviewing Barbara Bush, and I was covered in mud! Fortunately, Mrs. Bush was very gracious about it."

Michelle has volunteered with many organizations, including the Leukemia Society, Big Brothers and Big Sisters, Project Bundle-Up, Race For The Cure and the Special Olympics.

Michelle is married with two children. Her hobbies include reading ("Angela's Ashes," Psalms, anything by Poet Laureate Billy Collins), watching movies (favorites include "The Wizard Of Oz," "Life Is Beautiful," "The Shawshank Redemption"), shopping for antiques, taking her kids out for ice cream, gardening and doing Pilates.

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