Michelle Kosinski

Michelle Kosinski (born May 6, 1974) is a foreign correspondent for NBC News.^[1]

She began work in broadcast journalism in Rockford, Illinois for WIFR while earning her BA and MA from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. Leaving WIFR, she moved to Charlotte, North Carolina at WSOC-TV and founded the Piedmont Bureau. In 2001, she was voted the Best Reporter in Charlotte by readers of the city’s arts and entertainment magazine. In Fall of 2001, she left WSOC-TV for WTVJ in Miami. She is a 2003 Suncoast Regional Emmy Awards Craft Winner for reporting on Haitian immigrants.[2] She was also named Woman of the Year in 2005 by Women in Communications of South Florida.^[2]

That same year, Rolling Stone Magazine named her "hot reporter" in its annual Hot List.

In 2009, she won a national Emmy award for her part in live reporting on election night, for NBC News' special coverage.

2010 saw Kosinski named foreign correspondent, moving from NBC's Southeast Bureau to London.^[3]

Stories covered

• Hurricane Katrina aftermath
• Evacuation of Americans from Cyprus, & Lebanon
• KGB spy murder in London
• Britain serial killings
• Virginia Tech shootings
• Amazon tourism issues
• Terror attacks in London and Glasgow
• Utah mine collapse
• Assassination of Benazir Bhutto
• Presidential election 2008
• Swine flu in Mexico
• 2010 Haiti earthquake
• 2010 Chile earthquake
• Deepwater Horizon oil spill
• 2010 Chile case against Joran Van der Sloot
• British royal wedding
• Berlusconi trial
• European E-coli outbreak
• 2011 London Riots
• Arab Spring from Cairo, Tel Aviv, Gaza
• American hikers released from Iran to Oman

Other

In 2005, Kosinski made Rolling Stone's Hot List, as "hot reporter."^{[4][broken citation]}

In August 2005, while covering the Natalee Holloway disappearance in Aruba, NBC arranged an interview with the director of Aruban prisons and a tour of suspect Joran van der Sloot's prison. During the tour, she ran into van der Sloot and conducted an off-camera interview. Prison director Fred Maduro appeared live on MSNBC and admitted that he offered her the tour. After Van der Sloot's attorneys called for a hearing on the matter, NBC declined to air the footage.^[5]

In 2009, Kosinski purchased a 5.6 million dollar, 12,000-square-foot (1,100 m²) home in Coral Gables, Florida.^[6]

Personal life

Kosinski was born in Willingboro, NJ in the early 1970s (1972-1974, her birth year varies in published reports) and grew up in Cinnaminson, NJ, a quiet suburb of Philadelphia. Her parents are Jeanette, a chemist, and Robert, a retired biologist who worked for the Department of Environmental Protection of the state of New Jersey. They had four children.

Michelle attended St. Charles Borromeo school, graduating with the top honors of her class, then going on to be class valedictorian at Holy Cross High School. She was a cheerleader and trained in classical ballet, also exhibiting early proficiency in writing and the creative arts.

At Northwestern University, Michelle was accepted to the Accelerated Master's Program in journalism, attaining a Bachelor's and Master's degree at graduation. Originally in the magazine writing program, she later switched to the broadcasting division.^[7] She performed on campus and in the community as a member of NUDE, the Northwestern University Dance Ensemble.

While working as a television news photographer and reporter in Charlotte, NC, Kosinski also performed with the award-winning Piedmont Players theater group, in roles such as Elvira in Blithe Spirit and Suzanne in Don't Dress for Dinner.^[8]

Kosinski was recently engaged to a Miami businessman, but has remained single. During her years in Miami, she was a regular on the social scene but kept a low profile. However, she was known for her at times tumultuous relationships with very high-profile men. She has been linked over the years romantically with more than one CEO, a judge, a US Attorney, and a well-known real estate developer.

She is currently living in London.^[3]

Community

For several years, Kosinski has served on the executive host committee for Amigos for Kids, a charitable organization based in Miami. Kosinski has volunteered for and supported numerous community organizations. She has sought out and highlighted innovative charitable work around the United States, as a regular contributor to Nightly News' "Making a Difference" series, which has in turn positively impacted those efforts.^[9][10]

References

1. ^ Michelle Kosinski, MSNBC
2. ^ http://www.tonischrager.com/press-releases.asp
3. ^ ^{a b} http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/tag/michelle-kosinski
4. ^ "Kosinski Named Rolling Stone Hot Reporter". nbc6.com. http://www.nbc6.net/news/5021669/detail.html?subid=10101481. 
5. ^ "Lovely Girl Tells All!". The New York Observer. http://www.observer.com/node/37809?observer_most_read_tabs_tab=2. Retrieved 2007-07-23. 
6. ^ "NBC Reporter Buys Coral Gables Estate". tonischrager.com. http://www.tonischrager.com/press-releases.asp. Retrieved 2010-05-24. 
7. ^ http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/22609856/ns/nightly_news-about_us/
8. ^ http://www.salisburypost.com/2001july/072701j.htm
9. ^ http://www.hispanictips.com/2007/06/13/amigos-kidstm-hosts-miami-celebrity-domino-night-%E2%80%9907/
10. ^ http://www.videonewslive.com/view/65464/making_a_difference_through_heroism

External links

• Station Biography
• The Most Beautiful Reporters of 2010
• Top 40 Hottest Anchors
• Yahoo Group Michelle Kosinski

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