Michel Martin

About Michel Martin

Michel McQueen Martin is an Emmy Award winning American journalist and correspondent for ABC News and National Public Radio. After ten years in print journalism, Martin has for the last 15 years become best known for her news broadcasting on national topics.

A Brooklyn, New York native, Michel Martin attended St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire as part of the third class of females to graduate from the formerly all-male academy. In 1980 Martin graduated Radcliffe College of Harvard University cum laude, then pursued post graduate work at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington D.C.

After working local news beat for The Washington Post and becoming White House correspondent for the The Wall Street Journal, Martin joined ABC News in 1992. At ABC, Martin has reported for Nightline, and was awarded an Emmy for a report that aired on Day One. In 2001, she hosted the PBS show Life 360. At National Public Radio, she hosts a new NPR show, Tell Me More, which has been on air since April 2007.