Michelle Ross
Michelle is a freelance reporter at FOX 5 NY and joined the team in October 2023.
She is a born and bred New Yorker. Having lived in three boroughs and Long Island, she is exceedingly grateful to report in the same communities she grew up in while her friends and family get to watch her locally.
Michelle started her career in the news industry within the FOX family as a production assistant at Fox News Radio. She then went on to become an associate producer at ABC News Radio.
After a two-year run in radio came her first television job which took her upstate as a reporter and one-woman-band in Elmira, New York at WETM 18 News where she covered the opioid epidemic.
Her next stop brought her back to New York City as a reporter at News 12 The Bronx, the same borough she went to college in – the College of Mount Saint Vincent.
At News 12 she reported on many stories that gained national headlines including the brutal gang attack of Lesandro ‘Junior’ Guzman-Feliz at a Bronx bodega, the coronavirus pandemic, and BLM protests in the wake of the death of George Floyd.
After News 12, Michelle then reported at PIX11 News which afforded her the opportunity to expand her coverage and report throughout the tri-state area.
She has won multiple awards for her work and looks forward to continuing that work at FOX 5.
She is a first-generation American. Both of her parents were born in Iran and she is proud of her Persian heritage.
Michelle loves to stay active by playing basketball, a sport she got recruited to play in college. She’s also a relatively new runner and completed two New York City marathons.
Other hobbies are trying out new recipes in the kitchen, reading books, and catching up on current events – even on her day off.
Some of her personal goals including traveling to every country in the world and all 50 states, finishing all six World Marathon Majors, and confidently catching waves on a surfboard.
Digging her roots further into New York City, Michelle is engaged to an FDNY firefighter.
The latest from Michelle Ross
Staten Island St. Patrick's Parade to include LGBTQ+ groups in 2025
The Richmond County St. Patrick's Day Parade Committee will allow LGBTQ+ groups to march in the parade this year for the first time in its 60-year history.
Wildfires latest: NYS Parks employee killed, air quality alerts remain in effect
A New York State parks employee died Saturday while battling a wildfire in Orange County, one of several blazes in the New York metro area to break out recently amid drought conditions.
Brooklyn joins nationwide celebration of library book access
Thousands of people gathered at libraries across the country on Saturday to support book access, including one in Brooklyn.
East Orange, NJ students face half days as nearly 100 teachers will be laid off
Nearly 100 teachers and staff in the East Orange School District are set to lose their jobs due to a $25M budget shortfall. Gov. Phil Murphy says he is considering a state intervention.
Overnight animal rescue brings pets to NYC shelter before Hurricane Milton
Following Hurricane Helene and in anticipation of Hurricane Milton, dogs and cats were driven overnight to an animal shelter in New York City.
NYC could lower speed limit to 20 mph on some streets
The NYC DOT has begun to reduce speed limits in select locations following the enactment of Sammy's Law. Here's where the speed limits will be reduced in our area:
Lincoln Tunnel traffic: Lanes reopen after crash prompts major delays
A crash prompted major delays on Tuesday morning heading into NYC from New Jersey at the Lincoln Tunnel, but all lanes have since reopened.
NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban may step down this week: Reports
There is increasing speculation that that NYPD Commissioner Edward Caban will to step down from his position this week amid ongoing federal investigations into the administration of New York City Mayor Eric Adams.
NYPD still seeking suspect in fatal West Indian Day Parade shooting
Police are continuing to hunt for the suspect they say shot five people during the West Indian Day Parade on Monday, killing one person.
Lithium-Ion batteries starting fires in NYC garbage trucks
The improper disposal of lithium-ion batteries is causing a dangerous dilemma for sanitation workers in the city, as the batteries are starting fires inside garbage trucks across the city.