Mark Zinni
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Mark Zinni returned home to Northeast Ohio and joined the FOX 8 News team in September 2009.
He moved to Cleveland from Salt Lake City where he previously worked at KTVX. Prior to working in Utah, Mark spent more than six years at WPRI
in Providence, Rhode Island, where he was the weekday morning news anchor and a general assignment reporter.
Mark is an Emmy and AP award winning reporter and producer. He was honored by the National Association of Television Arts & Sciences
in 2003 for his role covering The Station Nightclub fire
in West Warwick, Rhode Island. Mark was honored again in 2007 with Emmy nominations by the Boston chapter of NATAS for his work as both an anchor and reporter. In 2010, Mark received three additional nominations from the Lower Great Lakes chapter of NATAS for his work in Cleveland in 2009.
Born and raised on the east side of Cleveland, Mark graduated from Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin High School
in 1994. He is a 1998 graduate of the School of Journalism & Mass Communication at St. Bonaventure University
near Buffalo, New York.
Mark got his start in television in 1995 as an intern at WKYC and at NBC's Today Show in New York. He was then hired to produce and report at WICU
in Erie, Pennsylvania. Mark previously worked as an anchor and reporter for more than four years at WTOV
in Steubenville, Ohio. He was also a news writer and producer at FOX 8 in 2000.
As a journalist, Mark has traveled all over the country. Following the terrorist attacks on 9/11, he reported from New York, Pittsburgh and Washington, DC. While still new to New England in February 2003, Mark reported live for more than 12 hours on local and network television during a fire at The Station Nightclub in West Warwick, Rhode Island. 100 people died and many more were injured when a fire ignited during a concert.
Mark has interviewed presidential candidates and other national politicians, the Dalai Lama and made several trips to Hollywood for entertainment news. In 2004 and 2006, Mark covered the American Idol finales from Los Angeles and was the first local reporter with a live interview with host Simon Cowell. Mark also traveled to L.A. to take viewers "behind the scenes" on the sets of various CBS and FOX television shows.
Mark is very happy to be in his hometown and now resides in Cleveland.
He moved to Cleveland from Salt Lake City where he previously worked at KTVX. Prior to working in Utah, Mark spent more than six years at WPRI
WPRI-TV
WPRI-TV is the CBS-affiliated television station for the state of Rhode Island and Bristol County, Massachusetts that is licensed to Providence. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 13 from a transmitter on Homestead Avenue in Rehoboth, Massachusetts...
in Providence, Rhode Island, where he was the weekday morning news anchor and a general assignment reporter.
Mark is an Emmy and AP award winning reporter and producer. He was honored by the National Association of Television Arts & Sciences
Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
in 2003 for his role covering The Station Nightclub fire
The Station nightclub fire
The Station nightclub fire was the fourth deadliest nightclub fire in American history, killing 100 people. The fire began at 11:07 PM EST, on Thursday, February 20, 2003, at The Station, a glam metal and rock n roll themed nightclub located at 211 Cowesett Avenue in West Warwick, Rhode Island.The...
in West Warwick, Rhode Island. Mark was honored again in 2007 with Emmy nominations by the Boston chapter of NATAS for his work as both an anchor and reporter. In 2010, Mark received three additional nominations from the Lower Great Lakes chapter of NATAS for his work in Cleveland in 2009.
Born and raised on the east side of Cleveland, Mark graduated from Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin High School
Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin High School
Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin is a coeducational, Catholic high school in Chardon, Ohio, sponsored by the Sisters of Notre Dame. It is a part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland.-Background:...
in 1994. He is a 1998 graduate of the School of Journalism & Mass Communication at St. Bonaventure University
St. Bonaventure University
St. Bonaventure University is a private, Franciscan Catholic university, located in Allegany, Cattaraugus County, New York, United States. It has roughly 2,400 undergraduate and graduate students....
near Buffalo, New York.
Mark got his start in television in 1995 as an intern at WKYC and at NBC's Today Show in New York. He was then hired to produce and report at WICU
WICU-TV
WICU-TV, channel 12, is an NBC-affiliated television station located in Erie, Pennsylvania, USA. WICU-TV is owned by SJL Broadcasting, which also operates CBS affiliate WSEE-TV and its CW subchannel through a local marketing agreement...
in Erie, Pennsylvania. Mark previously worked as an anchor and reporter for more than four years at WTOV
WTOV-TV
WTOV-TV is the NBC-affiliated television station for the Ohio Valley that is licensed to Steubenville & Wheeling. It broadcasts a high definition digital signal on VHF channel 9 from a transmitter in Mingo Junction, Ohio. Owned by Cox Enterprises, the station has studios in Steubenville. Syndicated...
in Steubenville, Ohio. He was also a news writer and producer at FOX 8 in 2000.
As a journalist, Mark has traveled all over the country. Following the terrorist attacks on 9/11, he reported from New York, Pittsburgh and Washington, DC. While still new to New England in February 2003, Mark reported live for more than 12 hours on local and network television during a fire at The Station Nightclub in West Warwick, Rhode Island. 100 people died and many more were injured when a fire ignited during a concert.
Mark has interviewed presidential candidates and other national politicians, the Dalai Lama and made several trips to Hollywood for entertainment news. In 2004 and 2006, Mark covered the American Idol finales from Los Angeles and was the first local reporter with a live interview with host Simon Cowell. Mark also traveled to L.A. to take viewers "behind the scenes" on the sets of various CBS and FOX television shows.
Mark is very happy to be in his hometown and now resides in Cleveland.