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Michael Seium Biography
Michael Seium is an Eritrean born American raised Television news and sports journalist. Michael Seium was born in the horn of Africa nation of Eritrea and came to the United States during his early teenage years. After attending South Hagerstown High School and Hagerstown Junior College where he excelled in Soccer, Wrestling and Tennis as well as being an honor student, he attended Francis Marion College on a full soccer scholarship where he helped the Patriots become one of the top notch programs in the country. After graduating with a bachelors of Science in Political Science and minors in Mass communications as well as Geography, Mike landed an internship with the CBS Affiliate in Florence, South Carolina where he got his first exposure in Television by covering sports as a producer/videographer/editor and reporter. Working in competition with the likes of Stuart Scott of ESPN and many other top market sports directors Mike was also covering News as producer/videographer/editor in the Carolinas for more than 5 years. Mike then moved to Baltimore where he worked with NPPA (National Press Photographers Association) best videography station FOX-45 WBFF-TV. Mike joined Cox Broadcasting where he worked as a photojournalist in 1998 and covered many important Washington news stories including the Monica Lewinski Scandal and the presidential elections and conventions. Mike went on to work at the Washington News Network as Director of Operations in conjuction with Michael Seium Productions, owned and operated by Michael Seium himself. One of the most succesful programs that Mike worked with is the Washington Post High school Sports show. Mike went on to help launch the Al Jazeera English broadcast center in Washington D.C by contributing technically while also producing stories for the sports department. Following a three year stint at Al Jazeera English Mike started to consult and worked for the Al Jazeera Sports channel covering major sports events such as the NBA, NASCAR, NHRA, World Challenge Soccer, ATP Tennis, The Pan American games in Guadalajara as well as many other sports news and feature stories for the Al Jazeera Sport channel. Currently Mike Seium is seeking opportunities while freelancing as an independent journalist. Mike has also been active in his community. As an Eritrean-American Mike has been active in the ERSFNA (Eritrean Sports Federation in North America) for well over 20 years where he played soccer for the Washington DC area metro teams and worked as a volunteer and a Public relations director. Mike has helped many young aspiring journalists during his career in many of his positions as a mentor. He continues to this day to share the best of his Eritrean qualities with his American values that will help bring people together. Mike is also a very proud Eritrean-American who continues to volunteer in his community while also helping out all types of people as a consultant.