Michelle Griego

Michelle Griego joined CBS 5 on March 19th, 2012 as co-anchor of the CBS 5 Eyewitness News Early Edition, and can be seen weekday mornings from 4:30 -7am, and on CBS 5 Eyewitness News at Noon.

She joined CBS4 in June of 2005 as an Online Editor for the Web and a Web Specialist for TV before moving on to on-air reporting and anchoring.

Michelle is a Denver native, and she started her career in journalism at the age of 11. She co-anchored a kids’ news show called “Two Bits,” on KWGN-Channel 2, for two-and-a-half years. While she was an anchor, she spoke to high school students about the DARE program, covered presidential candidate Michael Dukakis and interviewed local celebrities.

Michelle attended Colorado State University and Metropolitan State College, where she was News Director of the campus television station. She was the winner of two Heartland Regional Emmys while in college, and has also received awards from the Colorado Broadcasters Association and the Society of Professional Journalists.

During her time working on the cbs4denver.com team, the site was the winner of the Colorado Broadcasters Association 2005 Award of Excellence for best TV Web Site.

When she’s not working, Michelle enjoys spending time with her husband and two daughters.

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