(Uncanny X-Men I#226 (fb) - BTS) - Manoli Wetherell worked as a freelance journalist, TV reporter and camera operator, forming a two person newsteam with fellow reporter Neal Conan. They traveled the world, covering all sorts of topical news stories.
(X-Treme X-Men X-Pose#1 (fb) - BTS) - Manoli's work brought her into contact with many influential people, including colonel Alexei Vazhin of the KGB.
(Uncanny X-Men I#226) - Manoli and Neal drove to Dallas, Texas to cover the unusual activity in the city for NPR (which was caused by the Adversary). On the way there, at three in the morning, they were caught in a freak snowstorm even though it was the middle of summer. Their rental car was useless without snowtires, forcing them to continue on foot. When they spotted a tear in the sky that lit up the downtown area as if it were midday, they figured the story was there. On the way there, they noticed there weren't any people around. Some time later, they came across a crashed remote video van. Fascinated by the advanced, futuristic equipment, Manoli realized she could probably use it to plug their feed into satellites and broadcast their report around the world. Just then, they were attacked by a barbarian (the Adversary's magic had caused dimensional and temporal anomalies). Manoli saved Neal by emptying her gun, cursing "stinking muties" under her breath because she'd had a feeling they were involved. They took the van out to cover the events, with Manoli handling the controls and Conan out on the roof filming a fight between the X-Men, Freedom Force and a group of time-displaced warriors. To her amazement, Manoli realized her feed was being seen across the planet. After the fight, they followed Freedom Force to Eagle Plaza where Manoli interviewed the group's leader Mystique who tried to assure the public the situation was well in hand. Manoli then grilled her about working with known outlaws like the X-Men. Furious, Havok went on camera to set the record straight: the X-Men had always been fighting the good fight. After all, if they were really crooks, why would they be risking their lives now? Manoli and Neal kept covering the X-Men, live broadcasting their decision to enter Eagle Plaza despite FF's blind precog Destiny warning them anyone inside the building come morning would die. With tears in her eyes, Manoli watched the X-Men depart. Just then, with Neal still inside the building, the Adversary showed himself causing Eagle Plaza to explode.
(Uncanny X-Men I#227) - The Crimson Commando had to restrain Manoli, who wanted to rush into the burning building to get Neal. He assured her both Neal and the X-Men were beyond their help. Just then, Pyro spotted the feed coming in on the van's monitors. Neal was still filming what was happening to the X-Men. Manoli improved the reception of the footage, amazed that she was receiving both video and sound from wherever the X-Men now happened to be at. In the end, she watched with Freedom Force in her van how Neal filmed the X-Men's fight against the Adversary and their decision to sacrifice their lives to stop him. She made sure the world watched the X-Men's sacrifice as Forge used Cheyenne magic to take their souls, plus their friend Madelyne Pryor, to end the entity's evil. She was happily reunited with her partner in the aftermath, ensuring him that the whole world saw what he'd seen.
(Uncanny X-Men I#271) -
Hosting NPR's All things considered news show, Manoli
reported on the international incident caused by Genosha after their
Magistrates abducted the X-Man Storm and several of the New Mutants. She
later hosted a panel discussion between Genosha's Genegineer Dr. David
Moreau and Dr. Moira MacTaggert about the matter. Raising the point
that the mutants captured and sentenced to death were little more than
children, Manoli sat back and watched as Moreau and MacTaggert hacked
into each other. Moira (influenced by the Shadow King) was especially
belligerent because her ward Rahne Sinclair was among the prisoners.
Manoli eventually got to ask Moreau if he'd considered Genosha's actions
might provoke a counterattack from adult mutants. Moreau replied that
this was exactly the reason why Genoshan officials wanted to make a
stand: to show they wouldn't bow to the threat of mutant retaliation.(Uncanny X-Men I#272) - Manoli took to the streets of New York to hear how people felt about the continuing Genoshan crisis. She spoke with Emmanuel Da Costa, Reed Richards, Jennifer Walters, Suzanne Gaffney and Lucas Hamilton, among others.
(Fantastic Four III#9) -
Partnering with her pal Neal Conan, Manoli was assigned to film a
documentary for NPR-TV on an average day in the life of the Fantastic
Four. Mr. Fantastic had okayed the request, but forgot to clear it with
the others. That's why Susan Richards was shocked and outraged when Neal
and Manoli showed up early on a sunny Sunday morning at the team's Pier
Four headquarters. Sue slammed the door shut and could be heard yelling
at Reed from the inside. Moments later, a smiling Johnny Storm opened
the door again and invited them inside. However, Neal and Manoli
immediately set off the security alarm, causing Johnny to flame on and
the Thing to show up. Asked if they were carrying any weapons, an
embarrassed Manoli emptied her bag and produced several handguns, brass
knuckles, throwing stars and a pair of nunchucks. Thing looked on in
amazement, while Neal explained they used to hang out with the X-Men.
Over the course of the day, Manoli and Neal interviewed the four heroes,
watched them interact with young Franklin and were present when fate
brought surprising visitors like fashion designer Kay Cera, Spider-Man,
Caledonia and Alyssa Moy. Manoli was especially pleased to meet the
latter, gushing that she had Moy components in just about all her
hardware. At the end of the day, Neal and Manoli witnessed how Johnny
brought a giant, teleporting puppy dog home for Franklin to keep as a
pet. (Fantastic Four III#11 - BTS) - When Reed Richards was kidnapped by the Genoshan Press Gang, a recent report filed by Manoli Wetherell on the island nation brought the FF up to speed on the current situation.
(X-Treme X-Men Xpose#1)
- Working for documentary series Spotlight, Neal and Manoli
pitched an idea for a story on mutants in the aftermath of Charles
Xavier outing himself as a mutant and opening his school to mutants.
They wanted to do an impartial piece on the X-Men, but their new,
ratings hungry executive producer Paul D'Antoni overruled them. He
insisted the report should focus on glamour, dirt and headlines grabbing
revelations. Shocked and disgusted by this exploitative approach, Neal
and Manoli decided to stick to their, according to Paul, "old-school,
flat journalism" ways and do the piece as they saw fit. Working from
Neal's Tribeca apartment, they contacted several sources to get a lead
on the X-Men's location. After checking in with the likes of Alistaire
Stuart, Valerie Cooper, Manoli's old associate Colonel Vazhin and Dr.
Maria Cortes it still took them a week to find out some of the X-Men
were in New Orleans. Traveling there, they met with Wolverine who was
overseeing the physical therapy of Storm 
(X-Treme X-Men I#25) - When evidence linked the X-Men to the crash of Justice Department transport carrying the renowned mutant-hating reverend William Stryker, Manoli reported on the story for WEB News outside the Xavier Institute. Later that day Manoli was seen interviewing Evangeline Whedon a founding member of the Mutant Rights League.
(Uncanny X-Men I#459) -
When a Hauk'ka controlled Rachel Grey forcibly supercharged Storm's
powers, the world's weather patterns turned violent and destructive.
Unaware of the cause, Manoli Wetherell covered the implications of the
numerous hyperstorms for World Report. She showed footage of
the Egyptian pyramids pounded by freak blizzards and mentioned the
impact the global meteorological event had on all seven continents.