Michael Cogdill
Michael Cogdill is blessed as one of the most honored television storytellers in America. His cache of awards includes 32 Emmys and the National Edward R. Murrow for a broad range of achievement, from live reporting to long-form storytelling.
Michael left television news in 2021 to establish Heartstrong Media, a consulting and publishing company focused on brand storytelling and uplift, original content, and motion picture development. He remains a journalist, blogger, a writer of Southern fiction and heirloom children’s books.
His television credits as a writer/performer include CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, and The Today Show. His interview credits are about as varied as you can get: President Barack Obama, The Reverend Billy Graham, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Dr. Henry Kissinger, Abby Hoffman, Senator Hillary Clinton, Senator John McCain, Howard K. Smith, James Brown, and countless eminent members of Congress along with other key news makers around the country. His coverage credits include Presidents and Vice Presidents of the United States and major figures in entertainment.
His first novel,She-Rain, rose from the same ground that gave the world Cold Mountain, Serena, and, on a level, All Over But The Shoutin'. Michael's literary heroes range from Frazier, Rash and Bragg to Fitzgerald, Lee and the Bronte ladies. He's at work on a new Southern novel set in the Vietnam era of coastal North Carolina, working title: For The Love of Honeysuckle Road. His latest children’s book, Where Did Joe Go, launches in early 2023, illustrated by former child prodigy, George Pocheptsov. Forward by singer/songwriter, Edwin McCain.
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Michael was born in Asheville, North Carolina, June 11, 1961 -- the son of a truck driver and a mill worker. He is extremely proud of his working-people roots, drawing on their deep wisdom and life lessons in his reporting, writing and public speaking. Michael is a cum laude graduate of the University of North Carolina at Asheville, with postgraduate study at the Harvard Extension School.
