BOSTON -- Since 1982, Mike Barnicle has been a regular contributor to WCVB-TV's Chronicle, the station's unique, locally produced nightly newsmagazine.

Barnicle is known for his biting, to-the-point commentaries, both in print and on television. He has hosted several award-winning documentaries for WCVB, including "Armed and Dangerous," an incisive look at the proliferation of guns in this country; and "Justice On Trial," a critical examination of the Massachusetts judicial system. He also reported and hosted "Suffer The Children," a moving documentary about children at risk.

Barnicle is a columnist for both the Boston Herald and the New York Daily News, host of a radio program on WTKK-FM in Boston and provides regular commentary to MSNBC.

Barnicle, a 1965 graduate of Boston University, resides in Lincoln, Mass., with his wife Anne Finucane and their children.