Education
University of Pennsylvania. University of Pennsylvania Law School.
University of Pennsylvania. University of Pennsylvania Law School.
Before her promotion to editor in 2013, she was deputy Arts & Leisure editor and popular music editor for the "Times", which she had joined in 2007. Michel obtained her degree from the University of Pennsylvania. Michel became editor-in-chief of Spin in February 2002 after working at the magazine for five years.
She held this position until February 2006 when the magazine was bought out by new owners.
She was the first woman to edit a large-circulation American rock magazine. Michel began her career as a reporter and music editor with San Francisco Weekly.