Michael Cogdill WYFF4
His television career started just after college. He worked at WECT, an NBC- affiliated TV station based in Wilmington, North Carolina. A while later, he transferred to WWAY, the Wilmington ABC affiliate. Soon after, he moved on to WRDW-TV, a CBS-affiliate in Augusta, a city-county in Georgia.
After all the moving, he landed in Greenville, South Carolina working for WYFF, an affiliate to NBC, in 1989. He began building his career in the area and soon after became the most decorated anchorman in South Carolina television history.
His prominence as a journalist came with his coverage of the story of Susan Smith, a Union, South Carolina woman convicted of murdering her two young sons in 1994. His coverage, named Susan Smith: A Question of Justice, received an Emmy award leading to him being featured on NBC’s Today Show, CNBC, MSNBC, and CNN.
Michael Cogdill Authoring
Michael Cogdill wrote and released the novel, She-Rain. The book is set in rural western North Carolina in the 1920s.
Michael Cogdill Film
Michael’s book, She-Rain, was adapted into a film by the filmmaker, Richard O’ Sullivan in 2014. The filmmaker had plans to produce the property as a feature film in partnership with Michael Cogdill’s film and television production company HeartStrong Media.
