Joe Donatelli

About

Joe Donatelli is an experienced newsroom leader whose strategy and hands-on execution have elevated News 5 Cleveland to become the local leader for digital in-depth news coverage and real-time severe weather streaming. News 5 connects with an ever-growing number of viewers online by meeting the audience where they are with speed and context while customizing our journalism for those platforms. He has built and manages a team that writes and edits stories that are useful for our viewers. The digital team connects with audiences through headlines and push alerts that go beyond the obvious and offer context and meaning. Under his direction, News 5 has launched a number of digital initiatives such as its popular daily newsletter, a unique social media video production process, a severe weather streaming studio, podcasts and sports livestreams. Over the last several years, the digital staff at News 5 has won multiple regional Murrow, Emmy and All Ohio Excellence in Journalism awards. Prior, he was a reporter and editor at Scripps-Howard News Service, Los Angeles magazine and Playboy, where he edited, yes, "the articles." Has the confidence of a much taller man with a full head of hair.