Elex Michaelson is an anchor and correspondent for NCS primarily based in Los Angeles. He will anchor weeknights dwell from 9-11 pm PT / 12-2am ET on NCS and NCS International beginning this fall.
Michaelson beforehand served as night anchor at KTTV FOX 11 in Los Angeles, the place he created, hosted, and govt produced California’s first statewide political present, The Issue Is with Elex Michaelson, which aired in each TV market in California.
He has carried out unique, one-on-one interviews with key political figures together with President Donald Trump, former President Joe Biden, former Vice President Kamala Harris, California Governor Gavin Newsom, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
While at KTTV, he organized and co-moderated dwell, televised debates within the races for California governor, US senator, Los Angeles mayor, Los Angeles County sheriff and a number of congressional seats. He additionally area-anchored dwell from a number of Democratic and Republican nationwide conventions and presidential inaugurations and hosted extra celebratory dwell broadcasts such because the Tournament of Roses Parade, the Emmys purple carpet and World Series postgame exhibits.
Michaelson anchored steady protection of main breaking information occasions together with Southern California’s devastating wildfires, civil unrest, mass shootings and the COVID-19 pandemic. He additionally produced a sequence highlighting individuals who use their platforms to serve their communities that includes George Clooney, Sammy Hagar, Magic Johnson, Clayton Kershaw and Father Greg Boyle.
From 2010 to 2017, Michaelson was a reporter at KABC-TV in Los Angeles. Before that, he served as a weekend morning anchor and weeknight reporter at XETV in San Diego.
Michaelson has received eight Emmy Awards, eight Golden Mikes and six Los Angeles Press Club Awards, together with TV Journalist of the Year in 2023.
Michaelson graduated first in his class from the Annenberg School of Journalism on the University of Southern California. He earned summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa honors whereas incomes twin levels in broadcast journalism and political science.