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Recent Stories Michele Gillen is chief investigative reporter at WFOR-TV, Miami, Florida. Gillen, who has served as an anchor and investigative reporter on both network and local television news, is the recipient of 25 National Academy of Television Arts and Science (NATAS) Emmy awards, the duPont-Columbia Silver Baton, the Edward R. Murrow Award for Investigative Reporting, three Green Eyeshade Awards, and has been honored twice by the Foundation of American Women in Radio and Television.
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Some 27 million people live in slavery around the world. “Invisible Chains” is a rare television investigation that will show you it’s not only happening overseas. Michele Gillen’s report is a chilling look into our own backyard, which the Justice Department calls an epicenter of modern-day slavery. The story is told through the voices of three women living in hiding from the men they say stole their freedom and so much more. “Invisible Chains” was internationally screened June 17 in Rome, Italy at the International Conference Against Human Trafficking hosted by the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See. |
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With the eyes of the world focused on the future of Haiti against a backdrop of chaos and uncertainty, Michele Gillen traveled to Paris, France to conduct this exclusive television interview with Haiti's former president, Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier. Duvalier has been living in exile since 1986. This was Michele's second interview with him addressing the state of Haiti and the leadership of President Jean Bertrand Aristide, who claimed he was forced to flee Haiti. Her first interview with Duvalier unfolded 15 months earlier and was the first television interview Duvalier had granted an American journalist in 15 years. |
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Col. Moammar Gadhafi, the man who has ruled Libya for more than three decades and was once labeled the most dangerous man in the world, agreed to a rare television interview with Michele Gillen at his Tripoli compound. Surprising even his closest advisors, the Libyan leader spent 1 1/2 hours candidly answering questions on topics including his announcement to give up weapons of mass destruction, Saddam Hussein's capture, and his children. Michele's reportage unfolded at a critical time in world history, airing weeks before the U.S. Congressional delegation was received in Libya for the first time in three decades. |
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It’s one of the healthiest food choices you can make, but this news series exposes potentially alarming levels of mercury in some kinds of fish. Some estimates say at least 7 million American women have mercury levels higher than what the government says is safe. Michele Gillen traveled the country to reveal this national problem that’s also right here in our own backyard. “Mercury Rising” goes beyond the headlines of a provocative study and a doctor whose work may change the way the nation chooses fish. |
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They were once considered gods on the soccer field, now they can barely walk or talk. For the first time on American television, "Headed For Danger" exposed a medical nightmare that some of Italy's most beloved soccer players are facing. Michele Gillen traveled across Italy to investigate claims Italian soccer players are dying from Lou Gehrig's at eight times the normal rate. "Headed For Danger: The Summit" is the emotional story of how Michele's initial reporting resulted in the first ever international medical summit on soccer, athletes, and Lou Gehrig's disease, held in Avellino, Italy, June 20 and July 1. |
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