Michelle Higgins is a journalist and educator with extensive experience developing premium content across platforms for influential audiences. She began her career as a news assistant for The Wall Street Journal, where she wrote about luxury travel for the Weekend Journal. Shortly thereafter, she became a reporter covering personal finance and automobiles. She was part of the team that launched Personal Journal and frequently wrote the Cranky Consumer column.
Subsequently, she joined the The New York Times where she wrote the Practical Traveler column for six years before joining the Real Estate desk as the lead reporter. In more than a decade at The Times, Michelle’s writing appeared on page one as well as in the Travel, Real Estate, Business, Styles, and Metro sections.
She is the co-author of “The New York Times: Right at Home: How to Buy, Decorate, Organize and Maintain Your Space,” due out in March 2020. Her work can also be found in several books, including “Smarter Living: Work – Nest- Invest – Relate – Thrive,” (Hachette Book Group, 2019), “The New York Times: 36 Hours America & The Caribbean (Taschen, 2013), “The New York Times Practical Guide to Practically Everything” (St. Martin’s Press, 2006) and “The Wall Street Journal Guide to the Business of Life” (Crown 2005). Michelle has appeared as an expert and featured commentator on NBC’s TODAY show, CNN, CNBC’s Squawk Box and Power Lunch, the Travel Channel and NPR.
She currently serves as the director of Career Services The Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, where she draws on her career in journalism to foster relationships between students and employers, and to help aspiring media professionals develop their careers for fulfillment and impact.