Michelle Charlesworth
Since joining the Eyewitness News team in 1998, Michelle has reported news from Israel and the occupied territories to Oscar's Red Carpet, but she is probably best known for her award-winning reports on her personal battle with skin cancer. She has been honored with the prestigious Gold Triangle Award for Journalism.
Michelle is also host of WABC-TV's Emmy Award-winning special programs, Broadway Backstage - a look at the upcoming spring and fall theater seasons, and Above and Beyond - a salute to local high school students and teachers who have made a difference in their schools and communities.
Michelle came to Channel 7 from NBC 17 in Raleigh, North Carolina where she worked as a reporter/anchor. Prior to that she was at WCTI in New Bern, North Carolina and WMGM in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Michelle holds a B.A. in Public Policy from Duke University, and studied economics at the University of Freiburg on a full scholarship from the German government. She makes her home in New Jersey with her husband and two children. She loves spending time with her family, playing tennis, going to the beach (in a hat, sunglasses and covered in sunscreen) and cooking and eating Italian food. Her greatest culinary love is her husband's smoked ribs smothered in (from-scratch) BBQ sauce.
Michelle's Stories
NYC hotel posting missed connections on their window to help New Yorkers find love
One hotel in Hell's Kitchen is trying to help New Yorkers find missed connections with singles they wish they could see again.
Family shares brush with death after nearly being crushed by falling tree in Brooklyn
A family in Brooklyn is sharing their story after their brush with death in Bensonhurst, where a tree suddenly came crashing down behind them.
Thieves sought after stealing 2 vehicles in brazen burglary in Fair Lawn
Authorities say the suspects broke into the home, took a purse with key fobs inside, and then drove off in two cars parked in the driveway -- all in a matter of seconds.
Woman set to donate kidney to father, longest living heart donation recipient
Leon Szewcyk has broken records, living for 42 years after a heart transplant. Now, his daughter is set to save his life again by donating one of her kidneys.
Comparing egg prices amid bird flu killing hens across U.S.
The price of eggs continues to soar as the bird flu cases wreak havoc on supplies in the U.S.
Hero PSE&G worker uses umbrella to save girl and her mother from pit bull attack in Newark
The frightening encounter happened around noon on December 4 along Mount Prospect Avenue.
Shoppers brace for even higher prices under new Trump tariffs
Shoppers complain prices are up over the last 3 weeks and cannot fathom that tariff talks have them bracing for even higher prices.
Animal shelter in Oakland, New Jersey receives over $100K in donations to help keep heat on
The Ramapo-Bergen Animal Refuge said it needed $15,000 to replace the heating unit to keep its doors open for the animals that rely on them, and were soon overwhelmed by the generosity of others.
Lunar New Year kicks off with Firecracker Festival in New York City's Chinatown
As millions of people around the world celebrate the Lunar New Year, a cultural kick off -- in the form of the Firecracker Festival -- packed the streets of Chinatown on Wednesday.
Crackdown underway for drivers with obscured plates before they enter congestion zone: MTA
The MTA on Tuesday says a "sting operation" has begun on the Brooklyn side of the Battery Tunnel, with officers stopping cars with obscured plates as they try to enter the congestion zone.