Michele Morrow

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rdf:langString Michele Morrow

rdf:langString Michele Morrow

rdf:langString Spokane, Washington, U.S.

rdf:langString Television presenter, actress, writer, video game journalist and producer

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rdf:langString Michael Weitzman

rdf:langString Michele Morrow (born March 19, 1978) is an American television presenter, actress, writer, video game journalist and producer. Early in her career she was a freelance writer and columnist for HelloGiggles and Nerdist Industries, while also hosting various digital shows centered around video games and pop culture. Starting out she appeared in independent films before making her television hosting debut on DirecTV for Blizzard Entertainment's BlizzCon (2014). She next appeared as host of ESPN2's live broadcast of Heroes of the Dorm (2015) which caused controversy among sports fans. In 2016, she was co-host and newscaster for Bleacher Report's daily esports news show, Estream. From 2015 to 2017, Morrow teamed up with Jesse Cox to create, develop and executive produce a single camera sitcom about esports called Good Game. Their original treatment was produced into a six-episode scripted series in 2017 as a YouTube Original with Dan Harmon's Starburns Industries and Game Grumps. Morrow played the role of Ashley "Ash" Donovan loosely based on her personal experiences in the video game industry. In 2015, she also became the voice over artist for Alleria Windrunner in Hearthstone. In 2018, Morrow joined the live broadcast team at ELEAGUE on TBS as sideline reporter for the four-part tournament miniseries Tekken Team Takedown, and again as desk anchor for the six-part tournament miniseries ELEAGUE Street Fighter V Invitational 2018. From 2018–2019, Morrow appeared on Netflix as host of Super-Fan Builds, and appeared on HLN as a video game and tech expert for MichaeLA hosted by Michaela Pereira, and Dr. Drew on Call hosted by Drew Pinsky. In recent years, Morrow has been a guest speaker at video game events, served as an esports and gaming consultant, and worked with video game driven charities. In 2019, Morrow won an award from Cynopsis naming her "Top Woman in Media" for the field of Esports. In July 2012, Blizzard Entertainment honored Morrow in-game by naming two non-player characters (NPC) after her: "Mei Chele" in World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria, depicted with her cats "Azrael" and "Samus" and husband "Lamplighter Mu", and "Mychele Morrowsong" in World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor. In December 2019, Morrow was listed as one of "The 10 Most Influential Women in Gaming". In 2020, Morrow is the co-host of video game podcast, The Game Diaries, with professional gamer Stephanie "missharvey" Harvey.