Michelle Franzen

Michelle Franzen is a National Correspondent for NBC NEWS CHANNEL based in New York since 2001. She reports on a wide range of issues and events for NBC affiliate stations, MSNBC, Today and Nightly News. Her reporting includes extensive live reporting from New York City and Ground Zero during 9/11 and numerous enterprise follow-up stories on 9/11's aftermath. She has reported from the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece, covered national and international politics, presidential primaries and elections, economic issues as well as numerous regional events of national interest.

From 1998-2001 Michelle was a Reporter and Fill-in anchor for NBC KRON in San Francisco. Her reporting included extensive coverage of the San Francisco dog mauling death of Diane Whipple, live reporting on the Yosemite National Park Sund-Pelosso and Armstrong murders, live reporting on mudslides, fires and floods in Northern California as well as national, local and state elections and politics.

From 1995-1998 Michelle was a Reporter and Fill-in anchor for KTXL in Sacramento CA. Her reporting included live coverage throughout the Unabomber/ Theodore Kaczynski trial, the Richard Allen Davis Murder trial of Polly Klaas as well as state and local elections and politics.

Michelle graduated with a B.S. Journalism from California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, CA and started her career as a Broadcast Journalist at KEYT Santa Barbara CA as a Reporter and Fill-in anchor in 1993.