User:MichelleSigona

Michelle Sigona is a crime fighting professional who, in 1999, started as an intern with the national prime-time television show; America’s Most Wanted. Over her career, Michelle has covered hundreds of breaking and historical news stories such as the tragedies of September 11th, the anthrax attacks on our nation, the D.C. region sniper murders, high profile prison escapes, national missing children and adult cases to include the Stacy Peterson and Caylee Anthony cases, and the international search to find missing toddler Madeleine McCann. Michelle is not only an advocate for victims, but she works hard day and night to help keep America’s communities safe. Experts agree that Michelle is a trusted source for a variety of safety related topics, including identity theft, Internet safety, child safety, and domestic violence issues.

Crime is not the only thing Michelle battles. For more than a decade now, Michelle has served her community as a volunteer firefighter — fighting fires and cutting people out of serious accidents. She has also devoted many hours to keeping children drug-free as a guest speaker for the D.A.R.E. program in her community, along with serving as a Keynote and Master of Ceremonies for many high profile companies and non-profit organizations.

Michelle understands that devotion is the key to success, as she worked seven days a week, and often around the clock to achieve her dreams. Her journey began in 1999 as an intern for the prime-time network TV show America’s Most Wanted. From the moment she stepped in the door, Michelle knew that one day she would be a national on-air correspondent making a difference in the lives of victims. After her internship, things really started gearing up. She was not only offered a full-time position with AMW, but also a second position in the same building with the local FOX affiliate, FOX 5 – WTTG in Washington, D.C. Michelle couldn’t turn down one or the other, so she did both, along with attending college courses full time, living in her sorority house, and volunteering any extra overnight hours at her fire department. As Michelle worked feverishly through both jobs at AMW and WTTG — on very little sleep — she made it her goal to learn every position in both news departments to include the assignment desk, field producing, writing for shows, segment producing, and traveling the country to work with victims of crime. WTTG’s Vice President of News Operations at the time, Katherine Green, worked closely with Michelle to help “get her feet wet” in the business, and to help guide her on-camera career. Lance Heflin, Executive Producer for 20 years with America’s Most Wanted, and Katherine Green would often put their busy schedules aside to meet with Michelle, review her on-camera work, and offer their most sincere, professional advice to ensure her success in the business.

Michelle’s hard work and dedication paid off, landing an on-air reporting position in Baltimore, Md. for a few months on the weekends under the helpful guidance of News Director Scott Livingston, while she served as the health producer at WTTG during the week. It wasn’t long before Michelle was off to Washington, D.C. where she reported on-air as the daily traffic-breaking news reporter for the morning show from the sky in the helicopter, and many days for the 12-noon show, Katherine would let Michelle plant both feet on the ground to do general assignment stories. Along with these opportunities, Katherine gave Michelle a few franchises of her own to air in the 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. shows to include her own Firefighting series, Commuting series, and in 2005, Michelle was chosen to do in-depth feature reporting behind the scenes with the Washington Redskins — a series which featured players, coaches, and personalities associated with the NFL. Patricia Dicarlo, Executive Producer at the time with WTTG took her time and energy to help guide these franchies. Michelle excelled in all of these positions, along with finishing up her classes at the University of Maryland where she graduated with a B.A. in Communications. In March 2006, Michelle met her goal of becoming a National on-air Correspondent for America’s Most Wanted where she worked in front of the camera to solve high profile cases for many years.

Michelle traveled around the world to track down fugitives and find missing people. You can often see her on many live national programs like CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC, taking you inside the cases in which she is personally involved with through her own personal reports from [www.michellesigona.com]. Crime fighting is what she loves to do, and making a true difference in the lives of victims is a priority. Michelle credits her success to the good Lord who has answered many prayers, and guiding her down the right paths in life. She also credits her extremely supportive family, especially her mom, her grandmama, and her Aunt Flossie.