Michael’s work has appeared in a wide range of outlets, including ProPublica, BuzzFeed News, HuffPost, The Appeal, Gothamist, CNN and WNYC.

He’s reported on the policies and practices of police departments in America, covered major criminal trials across the country, including the death penalty cases of Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof, and written about everything from mass shootings to presidential elections. In 2019, he was named a finalist for the prestigious Livingston Award for Young Journalists and Deadline Club Award for his investigative reporting on the NYPD’s secret disciplinary files.

Michael grew up in New England and went to college at Fordham University in the Bronx, New York. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, Ryan, and their three sons, Caleb, Elliott and Gannon.