Michael Rosenfield Joins NECN as Reporter

Michael Rosenfield has joined New England Cable News as a reporter.

Most recently, Michael was the New Hampshire Bureau Chief for WBZ News in Boston. Michael left WBZ in October when his contract was up, and he decided not to renew.

Michael joined WBZ from WXYZ-TV in Detroit, MI where he was a reporter and frequent fill-in anchor. He was at the center of countless breaking news stories in Michigan, and traveled to cover national stories as well, including the campus shootings at Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois. Prior to WXYZ, Michael was a reporter/fill-in anchor at WJRT-TV in Flint, MI and a weekend anchor/weekday reporter at KDLT-TV in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Michael has been honored with several awards for his reporting, including a Michigan Emmy Award. He also earned several first-place prizes from the Michigan Associated Press, the Michigan Association of Broadcasters, and the South Dakota Associated Press.

Michael was born and raised in Jamaica Plain, MA and attended The Park School in Brookline and Belmont Hill School.

He attended the University of Pennsylvania where he received a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations. He also obtained a Master of Science in Broadcast Journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism.

When not reporting, Michael’s favorite hobby is to learn new languages. He studies Romanian, Italian, and French.

His first day at NECN was Monday.