NEW ORLEANS — WWL-TV alum and CBS News journalist Michelle Miller will be honored by the University of New Orleans with it’s Homer L. Hitt Distinguished Alumni Award.
Miller will be honored by the university at a ceremony on November 9 at the National WWII Museum.
“Michelle personifies the Privateer spirit of determination,” said President John Nicklow. “She works tirelessly to inform audiences about some of the most important and pressing issues in an effort to improve the world around us. She is a wonderful representative of our university.”
Miller is a co-host of “CBS Saturday Morning.” Her work regularly appears on “CBS Mornings,” “CBS Sunday Morning” and the CBS Evening News. She also files reports for “48 Hours” and anchors Discovery’s “48 Hours on ID” and “Hard Evidence.”
Miller earned her Masters Degree in Urban Studies from UNO while in New Orleans serving as a reporter for WWL-TV.
“Last month, I was honored to address the Class of 2022 at Commencement! And now this incredible distinction! I am OVERJOYED!!” she shared on social media.
Miller has earned several prestigious journalism awards including an Emmy for her series of reports on the National Guard's Youth Challenge Academy, an Edward R. Murrow Award for her coverage of a day care center stand-off in New Orleans, and she was part of the Alfred I. duPont – Columbia Award winning team for coverage the Newtown, Conn., school shooting. In 2019, Miller won a Gracie award for her reporting on the hidden world of sex trafficking in “‘48 Hours’: Live to Tell: Trafficked.”
