| Summary: | Television news reporter, musician, and radio DJ Roshell "Mike" Anderson was born on September 16, 1952 in Bogalusa, Louisiana and raised in New Orleans. Graduating from Clarke High School in New Orleans in 1970, Anderson attended Louisiana State University and graduated in 1971 from the Career Academy School of Broadcast Journalism in Atlanta, Georgia. Anderson developed a singing and song writing career before becoming involved with television. His 1972 record, Snake out of Green Grass made the Billboard charts. Before joining WISN-TV 12 News in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Anderson worked as a news anchor and reporter at KIRO-TV in Seattle, Washington. During his tenure at WISN-TV, Anderson received many awards, including for the documentaries Children in the Line of Fire and Solutions to Violence. He interviewed four American presidents: Richard Nixon, George Bush, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. He was a member of the Wisconsin Black Media Association.
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