Michael Adkison joined Houston Public Media in September 2025 as a digital reporter covering trending news, politics, and culture.
Adkison previously worked at CBS Austin KEYE, joining the station in 2023 to cover the Texas Legislature. Before that, he reported for KRCG 13 in Jefferson City, Missouri, where he covered the Missouri legislature.
A Flower Mound native, Adkison earned a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism in 2020 and a master’s degree in news narrative in 2021, both from the University of Arkansas. While at Arkansas, he produced award-winning content for student news programs for three consecutive years and wrote for Facing South and Arkansas Soul.
He is a two-time Emmy Award nominee. His investigation into a University of Missouri fraternity hazing case earned a Missouri Broadcasters Association Award.
