Daniele Compatangelo

Daniele Compatangelo (born November 15, 1975) is an Italian journalist and US contributor correspondent for SkyTg24 and RTI Reti Televisive Italiane.[1]

Daniele Compatangelo interviewing Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2015

Biography

Compatangelo was born in Savona and raised in Torino, where he studied at the Collegio San Giuseppe, Istituto Rosmini and Liceo Padano. He attended the University of Torino, where he graduated in 2003 with a law and journalism degree with a thesis on the "Reform of CONI" (the Italian National Olympic Committee).[2]

He became a member of the Italian Press Bar Association in 2008 (Ordine dei Giornalisti di Torino – Professionista[3]), the Los Angeles Press Club[4] in 2010, and a journalist accredited at the Motion Picture Association of America[5] in 2012. He works as a correspondent and contributor for several European news shows from Los Angeles.

Career

1990s – 2009

During his secondary education, Compatangelo began working as a reporter in Torino, publishing sports articles for local newspapers and press agencies.

In the early 1990s, he began freelance media relations work for the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup in Sestriere. He later worked as an international publicist and producer for more than 30 different sporting championships events, including the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in Sestriere (1997), Vail – Colorado (1999), Bormio – Italy (2005); the International Track and Field Meeting in different locations (1994–2000), the Gerald Ford Golf Tournament in Vail – Colorado (1998), the National Basketball Association Europe live tour (2007) and the 2007 Winter Universiade in Torino.

As a media relations volunteer, he attended the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atalanta, his first Olympics. He also attended the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney as a freelance producer with RAI, the Italian Public Television.

While at college, Compatangelo spent several months in Rome, RAI (Italian Public Television), Saxa Rubra headquarters as an intern at TG2,[6] and Nightly News, where he experienced the September 11 attacks from a newsroom. He interviewed survivors of the Pentagon attack.

In 2006, he was hired by NBC Universal as bureau coordinator and producer at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino. Together with the Olympic production team, he organized NBC's on-air broadcasting studio at the main Olympic broadcasting center and at all the competition's venues. Compatangelo covered the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing[7] and the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver,[8][9] where he was one of four managers on shift to supervise 500 workers assigned to the International Broadcast Centre. His last Olympics were the 2012 Summer Olympics in London[10] where he worked at the CONI headquarters.

In the fall of 2008, while working as a winter sport correspondent for Infront Media from their Milan office, Compatangelo began freelancing for Italian daily newspaper "Il Secolo XIX" covering events such as the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, the Mediterranean Games in Pescara and the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009 in Val-d'Isère. His report "The Los Angeles Break Down"[11] was a finalist at the Southern California Journalism Awards in Los Angeles in 2011.

2010 – 2017

In 2010, he founded CIJ MEDIA,[12] a freelance media agency specializing in Swiss and Italian media, the first established in Los Angeles. Compatangelo became an international freelance executive producer, correspondent and world news contributor for the Italian programs Sky TG24,[13] RAI News,[14] Studio Aperto Nightly News[15] and Mattino Cinque.[16] He also contributed to the Swiss station RSI News[17][18] and the Italian newspaper "Corriere della Sera".[19] He covered breaking news, press junkets,[20] the Oscars,[21] and the Golden Globes.[22]

In 2013, Compatangelo was in charge of media relations in the USA. He was involved in organizing the multimedia symphony concert "Beyond La Dolce Vita",[23] part of an evening to celebrate the America's Year of Italian Culture, together with the Center for the Art of Performance at the University of California and the Orchestra Italiana del Cinema.[24] It took place at the Royce Hall in Los Angeles on November 22. The event has received high patronage from Italian President Giorgio Napolitano.[25]

In 2015, he was the US correspondent for Mattino Cinque,[26][27] and the following year he covered the 2016 United States presidential election.[28]

During the 2015 San Bernardino attack, Compatangelo was the first Italian journalist to report live for over 24 hours, on Rai News24[29] and Mattino Cinque,[30][31] from the Greater Los Angeles area.

Studio Aperto Nightly News has featured many of his news specials, such as the Desert Trip Concert,[32] Behind the Scenes of the Hollywood Stuntmen,[33] the Oscars, stories of Italian success in the US,[34] the issue of medical and recreational marijuana, and investigative segments such as the use of LSD to treat severe depression.

For Sky TG24[35] he has covered the Consumer Electronics Show from Las Vegas.

Since 2012, Compatangelo has been a freelance executive producer for Swiss RSI[36] based in Los Angeles, which has featured his insight stories produced from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory NASA in Pasadena about the Voyager spacecraft[37] and the potential for life in the oceans of Europa and Enceladus.[38] His investigative story about the working conditions at Amazon[39] was also featured on the nightly news.

He has interviewed dozens of personalities all over the world such as NASA scientists, Olympic medalists, politicians and top Hollywood actors.[40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47]

Compatangelo was the first Italian reporter to provide live coverage of the 2017 Las Vegas shooting on Sky TG24 for several days.[48]

Awards and recognition

References
  1. "Daniele Compatangelo: Executive Profile & Biography". Bloomberg. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
  2. "Vince un premio con la bancarotta sociale di Los Angeles" (in Italian). Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  3. "Giornalista Compatangelo Daniele dell'albo dell'ordine dei giornalisti di Piemonte – Elencogiornalisti.it". www.elencogiornalisti.it. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  4. "Prestigioso premio americano". Stampasubalpina (in Italian). Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  5. "Daniele Compatangelo". IMDb. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  6. "Tg2 – Homepage". www.tg2.rai.it. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  7. "Press Release – Italian Olympic Committee website" (PDF).
  8. "In this news article from the Italian Press Bar Association, it's mentioned Daniele Compatangelo working in media at the 2010 Olympic Games"".
  9. "Press Release from the Italian Olympic Committee" (PDF).
  10. "100% Passaggi Olimpici – Dall'Olimpiade di Torino 2006 ai Giochi di Vancouver 2010". Informazione – Comunicati Stampa (in Italian). Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  11. "I filmati – La videoinchiesta sulla "dark side" di Los Angeles" (in Italian). Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  12. "Compatangelo International Journalism: Private Company Information – Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  13. "Sky Tg 24 – Daniele Compatangelo at CES in Las Vegas – January 9th 2016 from Sky website".
  14. "A San Diego, gli esperti preparano il recupero della scatola nera del volo Malaysia Airlines". Rainews. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  15. Mediaset. "Il mondo magico di Marco – SERVIZI | MEDIASET ON DEMAND di Daniele Compatangelo". Video Mediaset. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  16. "Live on the Italian Morning News Show Mattino 5, Compatangelo is Live from LA, reporting about USA – CUBA and Castro's death".
  17. "Video: Le considerazioni a caldo degli ispanici a Los Angeles, di Daniele Compatangelo". Play RSI (in Italian). Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  18. svizzera, RSI Radiotelevisione. "Il sogno americano di Gallinari". rsi (in Italian). Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  19. COMPATANGELO, DANIELE. "Zeus in Trono torna in Italia". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  20. "Swiss RSI Nightly News – Morgan Freeman and Daniele Compatangelo – Ben Hur movie".
  21. svizzera, RSI Radiotelevisione. ""L'Academy non è razzista"". rsi (in Italian). Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  22. "Video: Produttori e regista di "La mia vita da zucchina" comunque felicissimi – di Daniele Compatangelo". Play RSI (in Italian). Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  23. "Beyond La Dolce Vita – Orchestra Italiana Del Cinema website".
  24. "Italian Ambasy in Washington DC website – Press Release" (PDF).
  25. "Jessica, Wolf. "Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA – University of California, Los Angeles – Press Release" (PDF).
  26. "Live Compatangelo on the Italian Today Show from Los Angeles".
  27. "Live from the US, Daniele Compatangelo on the Italian Today Show".
  28. "2016 Presidential Elections USA – Daniele Compatangelo Live on Mattino 5 from Los Angeles".
  29. "Daniele Compatangelo Live on Rai News 24 reporting about the attack live from California".
  30. "Compatangelo Live on Mattino 5 (Italian Today Show)".
  31. Mediaset. "Video Mattino Cinque: America sotto choc – SERVIZI | MEDIASET ON DEMAND". Video Mediaset. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  32. Mediaset. "Video Studio Aperto: Il Desert Trip – SERVIZI | MEDIASET ON DEMAND". Video Mediaset. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  33. Mediaset. "Video Studio Aperto: La folle vita da stuntman – SERVIZI | MEDIASET ON DEMAND". Video Mediaset. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  34. Mediaset. "Video Studio Aperto: "Professione? Creo mostri" – SERVIZI | MEDIASET ON DEMAND". Video Mediaset. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  35. "Sky Tg 24 – CES in Las Vegas by Daniele Compatangelo January 8th 2016".
  36. "RSI Swiss Evening News – USA Solar Eclipse – August 21st 2017 – Compatangelo live from Los Angeles".
  37. "Una nomination al Souther California Journalism Award". Stampasubalpina (in Italian). Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  38. svizzera, RSI Radiotelevisione. "Vita negli oceani alieni". rsi (in Italian). Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  39. svizzera, RSI Radiotelevisione. "Amazon ti spreme". rsi (in Italian). Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  40. "Video: Sul tappeto rosso dei Golden Globe – Servizio di Daniele Compatangelo". Play RSI (in Italian). Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  41. "Video: L'intervista esclusiva a Bradley Cooper di Daniele Compatangelo". Play RSI (in Italian). Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  42. "Video: Il servizio da Los Angeles su Terminator Genisys". Play RSI (in Italian). Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  43. svizzera, RSI Radiotelevisione. "Il sogno americano di Gallinari". rsi (in Italian). Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  44. "Video: Le interviste esclusive ai protagonisti". Play RSI (in Italian). Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  45. "TG20 del 13/05/14: Intervista a Joe Mantegna". Play RSI. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  46. "Video: 25.01.2017: "Split" oggi nelle sale, le interviste". Play RSI (in Italian). Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  47. svizzera, RSI Radiotelevisione. "Vita negli oceani alieni". rsi (in Italian). Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  48. "Strage Las Vegas, killer aveva in mente altri attacchi | Video Sky - Sky TG24 HD". video.sky.it (in Italian). Retrieved March 19, 2018.
  49. "Daniele Compatangelo". IMDb. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  50. "LA Press Club Award Winners Announced". Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  51. "List of winner Compatangelo in category J2" (PDF).
  52. "Una nomination al Souther California Journalism Award". Stampasubalpina (in Italian). Retrieved September 8, 2017.
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