Michelle Miller has spent more than two decades reporting on some of the biggest news stories in America, and she now shares that experience as a co-host of CBS Saturday Morning. This article covers her career, her personal story of adoption, and what is confirmed about her family life.
Background: Who Is Michelle Miller?
Michelle Miller is an American journalist and author who serves as a national correspondent for CBS News and has been a co-host of CBS Saturday Morning since 2018. People search for her both because of her long career covering major national stories and because of her personal memoir about being placed for adoption at birth, which added an unusually candid personal chapter to a career built mostly on reporting other people’s stories.
Miller was born on December 8, 1967, in Los Angeles, California. Her career now spans more than three and a half decades in journalism, starting in local newspapers and small television markets long before she reached a national CBS News desk.
Readers searching for her name today are often looking for two very different things: her decades of hard-news reporting on issues like gun violence and civil rights, and the more personal, human side of her story that she chose to share publicly through her writing later in her career.
Latest Update
As of August 11, 2026, here is what’s currently known: Michelle Miller continues as a co-host of CBS Saturday Morning and remains a national correspondent whose reporting appears across CBS Mornings, CBS News Sunday Morning, CBS Evening News, and 48 Hours. No new personal or professional controversy involving Miller has been verified as of this date.
Full Profile
Family and Early Life
Miller was born in Los Angeles and was placed for adoption at birth. She was raised by her adoptive father, a physician named Ross Miller. She wrote about searching for her birth family and her identity in her 2023 memoir, “Belonging: A Daughter’s Search for Identity Through Loss and Love.”
Career Path
Miller’s journalism career began in the late 1980s. From 1989 to 1990, she wrote for the South Bay and Valley editions of the Los Angeles Times. She then worked as an assignment editor, producer, and reporter for Orange County Newschannel in Santa Ana, California, from 1990 to 1993. She moved to Columbia, South Carolina, in 1993 to work as a reporter and was named anchor of the Weekend Morning News at WIS-TV.
In 1994, Miller relocated to New Orleans, Louisiana, where she spent nearly a decade as a reporter and anchor at WWL-TV, the CBS affiliate. Her broadcast, “The Early Edition,” was the highest-rated newscast in its time slot in New Orleans for three years. During this period, she also taught journalism and mass communications as an adjunct professor at Dillard University from 1998 to 2001, and she has lectured at institutions including Drew University, Howard University, Wellesley College, and Louisiana State University. It was also in New Orleans that she met and later married Marc Morial, then the city’s mayor.
In 2004, Miller moved to New York City, joining CBS News first as a national correspondent and substitute anchor for BET Nightly News, and becoming a CBS News northeast bureau correspondent in 2005. She was named co-host of CBS Saturday Morning in July 2018. Her reporting has covered major social justice stories, including coverage connected to the killings of George Floyd, Trayvon Martin, and Michael Brown, the Emanuel AME Church shooting in Charleston, and sexual assault allegations against several prominent public figures. She was the first CBS News correspondent on the ground at the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting and continued reporting on efforts to change national gun laws, including coverage of the March for Our Lives protests. She has also reported internationally on the Middle East refugee crisis, the life and legacy of Nelson Mandela, and the coronation of King Charles III.
Awards and Recognition
Miller has won an Emmy Award for her reporting series on the National Guard’s Youth Challenge Academy, an Edward R. Murrow Award for coverage of a daycare center standoff in New Orleans, and a Gracie Award for her 2019 reporting on sex trafficking as part of “48 Hours: Live to Tell: Trafficked.” She was also part of the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award-winning team recognized for coverage of the Newtown, Connecticut, school shooting.
| Year | Milestone |
|---|---|
| 1993 | Becomes weekend anchor at WIS-TV in Columbia, South Carolina |
| 1994 | Moves to New Orleans; joins WWL-TV as reporter and anchor |
| 2004 | Joins CBS News as a national correspondent in New York |
| 2018 | Named co-host of CBS Saturday Morning |
| 2023 | Publishes memoir “Belonging: A Daughter’s Search for Identity Through Loss and Love” |
Age
Michelle Miller was born on December 8, 1967, making her 58 years old as of August 11, 2026.
Religion
Miller’s religious beliefs are not publicly disclosed.
Spouse/Partner
Miller has been married to Marc Morial since September 11, 1999. Morial is a former mayor of New Orleans who has served as President and CEO of the National Urban League since 2003. The couple has three children together.
Net Worth
Miller’s exact net worth has not been officially disclosed. Any figure found online is an unverified estimate rather than a confirmed number.
Parents
Miller was placed for adoption at birth and was raised in Los Angeles by her adoptive father, Ross Miller, a physician. Details about her birth parents are discussed in her 2023 memoir, “Belonging.”
Height
Miller’s height is commonly reported as approximately 5 feet 6 inches, though this figure comes from unofficial sources and is not independently verified.
Education
Miller earned a Bachelor of Arts in journalism from Howard University in 1989. She later earned a Master of Science degree, reported as being in urban studies, from the University of New Orleans.
Hometown/State of Origin
Michelle Miller was born and raised in Los Angeles, California.
Official Social Media
You can follow Michelle Miller on X (formerly Twitter) at @MMillerCBS.
Reader Questions (FAQ)
Who is Michelle Miller?
She is a CBS News national correspondent and co-host of CBS Saturday Morning, known for her social justice and breaking news reporting.
How old is Michelle Miller?
She was born on December 8, 1967, making her 58 years old as of August 11, 2026.
Who is Michelle Miller’s husband?
She has been married to Marc Morial, former Mayor of New Orleans and current President and CEO of the National Urban League, since 1999.
Did Michelle Miller write a book?
Yes. In 2023, she published “Belonging: A Daughter’s Search for Identity Through Loss and Love,” a memoir about being placed for adoption and searching for her identity.
Where did Michelle Miller go to college?
She earned her Bachelor’s degree in journalism from Howard University in 1989 and later a Master’s degree from the University of New Orleans.
How many children does Michelle Miller have?
She and her husband, Marc Morial, have three children together.
Wrap-Up
Michelle Miller’s career reflects a steady climb through local television markets in California, South Carolina, and Louisiana before reaching a national CBS News correspondent role in 2004. Her reporting on major social justice stories over the past two decades has made her one of the more recognizable national correspondents at the network, and her list of journalism awards spans breaking news, investigative reporting, and long-form documentary-style storytelling.
Her 2023 memoir added a deeply personal dimension to her public profile, giving readers insight into her adoption story in a way that goes beyond her on-air reporting career. That willingness to share a private, complicated part of her life has connected her with viewers who see their own family stories reflected in hers.
Her marriage to Marc Morial also places her at an interesting intersection of journalism and public life, since her husband’s work leading the National Urban League means the couple both operate, in different ways, in spaces connected to civil rights and public policy.
Between her ongoing role on CBS Saturday Morning and her continued national reporting, Michelle Miller remains one of the more consistently visible figures in American broadcast journalism today, and her body of work continues to grow with each major national story she covers.
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