Tony Romeo (reporter)

For other people named Tony Romeo, see Tony Romeo (disambiguation).
Tony Romeo
Born Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Education Penn State Harrisburg
Occupation Journalist
Notable credit(s) KYW (AM)

Tony Romeo is a prominent journalist in Pennsylvania, working for KYW (AM), where he is the Harrisburg bureau chief.[1]

He attended Penn State Harrisburg. While a college student, he covered the Three Mile Island accident for WSBA (AM) in York, Pennsylvania.[1] He later worked as a television reporter in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and as news director for radio stations in White Plains, New York.[1] In 1987, Romeo was reporting the press conference where Pennsylvania Treasurer Budd Dwyer committed suicide, causing him to develop depression and to retire from news reporting for a period.[2] He was hired by KYW (AM) in 1990 and was assigned to the post of Harrisburg bureau chief in 1993. In 1994, he was assigned to by the Philadelphia City Hall bureau chief.[1] When Philadelphia Mayor Ed Rendell was elected in the 2002 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, he transferred back to Harrisburg for his second stint as bureau chief.[1]

In 2005, he was named one of "Pennsylvania's Most Influential Reporters" by the Pennsylvania political news website PoliticsPA.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Tony Romeo". KYW Newsradio Staff. CBS Radio Stations Inc.
  2. ↑ Soteropoulos, Jacqueline (December 2000). "Feeling the Heat". American Journalism Review. Retrieved 2008-08-05.
  3. ↑ "Pennsylvania's Most Influential Reporters". PoliticsPA. 2006. Archived from the original on 2006-01-09.
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