Michael covers news and issues primarily in Northwest Indiana, Chicago’s Southeast side and South Suburbs.
The first 13 years of Michael’s journalism career was in print. He’s worked for the
Post-Tribune of Northwest Indiana (part of the
Sun-Times Media Group) and the
Daily Herald based in Arlington Heights, Ill. Michael got his start in radio as co-host of the
Latin Lingo Show on WJOB AM 1230 in Hammond. He joined WBEZ in 2006.
The NWI Studio in Crown Point is WBEZ’s only studio outside the City of Chicago. He earned a B.A. in Communications from Calumet College of St. Joseph in Hammond, Indiana where he now teaches as an adjunct professor.