As Pittsburgh prepares for Friday’s retirement of longtime Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 anchor Michelle Wright, the team at WTAE Channel 4 is celebrating her incredible career.That includes a look back at the various editions of WTAE’s documentary series Chronicle hosted by Wright.In 2021, Michelle Wright co-hosted “Chronicle: Remembering 9/11” alongside Mike Clark.Wright and Clark had anchored and covered from Somerset County in September 2001 in the days following the 9/11 attacks.Somerset County is where United Flight 93, which had been hijacked, crashed in a field on that fateful day.The 2021 edition of “Chronicle” included reflections from Wright and Clark on 9/11.Wright told stories of another local tragedy in 2024’s “Chronicle: The Legacy Of Flight 427,” which looked back on the 1994 crash of USAir Flight 427 in Hopewell Township, Beaver County.Wright traveled to Savannah, Georgia, to speak with the former NTSB director of aviation safety who led the investigation into the crash.Wright also documented some lighter stories in the editions of Chronicle she hosted, including 2015’s “Taste Of The ‘Burgh,” which included her look at food trucks in Pittsburgh.Wright also documented some lighter stories in the editions of Chronicle she hosted, including 2015’s, which included her look at food trucks in Pittsburgh.2025’s “Chronicle: A Cookie Town” became the final edition of the series for her to host, but included the memorable moment of Wright decorating her own Eat ‘n Park Smiley Cookies.
PITTSBURGH —
As Pittsburgh prepares for Friday’s retirement of longtime Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 anchor Michelle Wright, the team at WTAE Channel 4 is celebrating her incredible career.
That includes a look back at the various editions of WTAE’s documentary series Chronicle hosted by Wright.
In 2021, Michelle Wright co-hosted “Chronicle: Remembering 9/11” alongside Mike Clark.
Wright and Clark had anchored and covered from Somerset County in September 2001 in the days following the 9/11 attacks.
Somerset County is where United Flight 93, which had been hijacked, crashed in a field on that fateful day.
The 2021 edition of “Chronicle” included reflections from Wright and Clark on 9/11.
Wright told stories of another local tragedy in 2024’s “Chronicle: The Legacy Of Flight 427,” which looked back on the 1994 crash of USAir Flight 427 in Hopewell Township, Beaver County.
Wright traveled to Savannah, Georgia, to speak with the former NTSB director of aviation safety who led the investigation into the crash.
Wright also documented some lighter stories in the editions of Chronicle she hosted, including 2015’s “Taste Of The ‘Burgh,” which included her look at food trucks in Pittsburgh.
Wright also documented some lighter stories in the editions of Chronicle she hosted, including 2015’s, which included her look at food trucks in Pittsburgh.
2025’s “Chronicle: A Cookie Town” became the final edition of the series for her to host, but included the memorable moment of Wright decorating her own Eat ‘n Park Smiley Cookies.