Michael Williams Biography
Michael Williams is an American reporter serving at WPTV as a News Anchor. He joined the Station in March 2011 after working as a Political Reporter for WFOR-TV.
Michael Williams Career | Education
Williams enrolled at The University of Florida in 1978 and graduated with a BS in Broadcasting. As a news reporter, he began his career at WSVN CHANNEL 7 in the Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area in 1984. He left in 1993 and joined WTVJ/NBC 6 Miami where she worked for nine years and six months as an anchor and reporter. There, he reported the Columbia space shuttle tragedy and the build-up to the war in Iraq. His beat included the White House and Capitol Hill.
After working for WTVJ, he worked for NBC NewsChannel as a National Correspondent/in Washington, D.C. for almost two years. In April 2004, he rejoined WTVJ/NBC-6 Miami to work as an anchor and reporter. He then became Senior Mgr./Media Relations at Florida Power and Light for ten months. Williams has covered many stories overseas in countries such as; Panama, Haiti, Colombia, Cuba, and South Africa.
Many stories he has reported from 1984 to 2006 include:
- The visit to Miami by Pope John Paul II
- The 2000 Florida presidential election controversy
- The custody battle over Elian Gonzalez
- The Fall of Eastern Airlines
- Hurricane Andrew
In January 2008, he worked as a Political Reporter/at CBS4 News Miami at WFOR-TV. There, he reported both the 2008 and 2010 political campaigns, scoring one-on-one interviews with John McCain, Barack Obama, and Charlie Crist. Also, he produced two half-hour specials, “Dreams of the American West” and “Dreams of the Galapagos,” which motivated people to become more engaged in maintaining our natural heritage. Right now, he works for WPTV NewsChannel 5 in West Palm Beach, Florida Area as a reporter and anchor.
He has also worked for WTVX in Fort Pierce and has worked for Scripps a couple of times. Besides that, he has worked for Cincinnati station WCPO as a reporter. Williams has won eight-time Emmy awards and is a recipient of the prestigious DuPont-Columbia Award for the report he did in Haiti. Furthermore, the Suncoast Chapter of NATAS (the Emmy organization) has awarded him with the Silver Circle award for over two decades of outstanding work in South Florida broadcasting.
Michael Williams WPTV
Williams is working at WPTV where he works alongside other famous anchors and reporters including;
- Shannon Cake
- Janny Rodriguez
- Mike Trim
- Hollani Davis
- Meghan McRoberts
- Chris Gilmore
- Kate Wentzel
- James Wieland
Michael Williams Salary
Williams’s annual salary ranges between $25,000 to $60,000.
Michael Williams’s Net Worth
Williams’s estimated net worth is about $1.5 Million to $4.5 Million.
Michael Williams Age
Williams’s actual age is not publicly available as of 2024 but he is about 57 years old.
Michael Williams Wife
Williams is married but likes to keep a low profile and has hence not disclosed who his wife is and neither we do not know when the two got married. So far they are happy parents of three girls and have not disclosed any information about them.
Michael Williams Family | Parents
Information about Williams’s parents, siblings, and relatives is still under review and, so far is not available publicly.
Michael Williams’s Social Media Platforms
Williams interacts with his fans quite often and he has 5.7k followers on Facebook and 2972 followers on Twitter.
6 Quick Facts About Michael Williams
- Age: Not Available
- Marital Status: Married
- Net Worth: Between $1.5 Million and $4.5 Million
- Salary: Between $25, 000 and $60, 000
- Nationality: American
- Height: 5 feet 7 inches tall