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Carolyn Presutti is a Voice of America (VOA) senior television correspondent based in Washington, DC.[1]

Education and Career

Carolyn Presutti interviewing former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright in 2012.
Carolyn Presutti reporting on American public opinion concerning US-Syrian intervention in 2017.

Presutti was raised by Clara and Dominick Presutti in Bellaire, Ohio.[2] Dominick enlisted in the United States Navy during World War II and witnessed the iconic flag raising during the Battle of Iwo Jima. Later, he co-owned and managed Ohio Fireworks Mfg. & Display Co. [2]

Carolyn graduated from the University of Akron.[3]

She began her journalism career at WHBC Radio in Canton, Ohio and WKBN Radio in Youngstown, Ohio.[4]

Later, she became a television anchor and reporter for WFMJ-TV in Youngstown, Ohio.[5] Then, she was a state capital reporter for WTVRTV in Richmond, Virginia.[4] She worked for Baltimore, Maryland's WMAR-TV until 1994 and has remained in the Washington metropolitan area.[4] In 2007, Carolyn joined VOA.

In addition to journalism, Carolyn has appeared as a television news anchor in the Netflix series House of Cards and as a U.S. senator's wife in the HBO series Veep.[6] After appearing as an extra in the 2010 romantic comedy How Do You Know, she published an article about her experience in Washingtonian Magazine.[7]

Awards

In 2011, Presutti was a nominee for the 38th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards for her work on the AARP program, My Generation.[8] American Muslim Portraits, a series of which Presutti was a creator, won the Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcasters Association (CAPBA) Best in Show and Outstanding Digital Feature Project distinctions.








References

  1. ^ "VOA Experts". VOA. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  2. ^ a b "Dominick Presutti « Bauknecht-Altmeyer Funeral Homes & Crematory". www.bauknechtaltmeyer.com. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  3. ^ "Alumni US | The University of Akron, Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area". alumnius.net. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  4. ^ a b c "News/Newsletter". Bellaire High School Alumni Association. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  5. ^ “WFMJ's Carolyn Presutti Asks How Do You Make Ice Cream?” YouTube, Mahoning History, 25 Aug. 2020, www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6aGt6R1h7c.
  6. ^ "Carolyn Presutti". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  7. ^ "Camera? Action! | Washingtonian (DC)". Washingtonian. 2010-12-16. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  8. ^ "THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES ANNOUNCES THE 38th ANNUAL DAYTIME ENTERTAINMENT EMMY® AWARD NOMINATIONS, WAYNE BRADY TO HOST THE LIVE TELECAST | The Emmy Awards - The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences". Retrieved 2020-12-12.