Mish Michaels
Mish Michaels is an American broadcast meteorologist, environmental reporter and author. Michaels was born in Kolkata, India. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Meteorology from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and a master's degree in Technology from Harvard University.
Michaels worked at WHDH and The Weather Channel. She joined the WBZ-TV weather team in September 2001 and left in July 2009. After leaving WBZ, she spent time raising her children and writing books in her spare time. In late 2010, she contributed to the book, Extreme New England Weather written by Josh Judge, with her story of a deadly microburst in Stratham, New Hampshire in 1991.
On January 31, 2017, Michaels announced via Twitter her employment with WGBH as a science reporter. As of February 8, 2017, it has been made public that she has been fired from this position as she "...has been outspoken in her controversial belief that vaccines cause autism..." as well as a disbelief in man made climate change. Michaels later disputed these claims on her personal website.
