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
New York City launching Open Streets season with largest-ever car-free Earth Day celebration
This year's Open Streets: Car-Free Earth Day will include 53 car-free streets and plazas across the five boroughs.
9/11 hero and former New York City school principal in need of lifesaving kidney
73-year-old and former school principal Lily Woo has gone through dialysis for years until last May, when she received a kidney from someone who passed away. That kidney is now failing, and she needs another one.
Save your own life, get screened for colorectal cancer, doctors say
We are seeing an alarming increase in Black and brown patients getting colorectal cancer at younger ages.
Tour self-made millionaire Madam CJ Walker's historic mansion in Irvington
The woman who lived more than half her life without plumbing designed her home with multiple luxurious bathrooms and amenities that were ahead of their time.
Woman makes life-saving donation to father suffering kidney disease
Battling a terminal kidney disease, a father from Long Island held on to hope to find a donor. Little did he know that life-saving donation would come from his own daughter.
High school names Long Island twin brothers valedictorian and salutatorian
It's common for twins to share a lot, but two 17-year-old brothers on Long Island happen to also share the secret to success.
Inside the NYPD unit cracking down on 'ghost cars' with illegal, fake license plates
Eyewitness News was along for the ride as NYPD officers tracked down drivers riding 'ghost cars.'
NJ community rallies around school crossing guard battling stage four cancer
Janett Balboa has been a resident of Ridgewood, New Jersey for more than 30 years.
Ukrainian immigrant, physics teacher to tackle TCS NYC Marathon
TCS Team Teachers picked Yevgenya "Jenny" Salerno and 49 other teachers out of hundreds who applied to run.
South Bronx assistant principal is bringing his motivational story to the TCS Marathon
For Anthony Tucker, this weekend's TCS New York City Marathon is more than just race. It's an opportunity to encourage others with his inspirational story.