Dave Malkoff (born March 1, 1976) is an American
television journalist
Broadcast journalism is the field of news and journals which are broadcast by electronic methods instead of the older methods, such as printed newspapers and posters. It works on radio (via air, cable, and Internet), television (via air, cable, ...
working for
The Weather Channel
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. He has covered some of the most destructive hurricanes in US history. Dave has hosted more than a dozen documentaries that air on the network under the title "The Weather Channel Explores". He reported from
Iraq
Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...
at the end of
Operation Iraqi Freedom
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in 2010.
[YouTube: Dave Malkoff's Iraq War Documentary](_blank)
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/ref> documentary about the war in Iraq
This is a list of wars involving the Republic of Iraq and its predecessor states.
Other armed conflicts involving Iraq
* Wars during Mandatory Iraq
** Ikhwan raid on South Iraq 1921
* Smaller conflicts, revolutions, coups and periphery confli ...
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Career
Malkoff is the Chief Environmental Correspondent for The Weather Channel
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. He reports major weather events, science & technology. He frequently contributes to The Today Show
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, MSNBC
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, CNBC
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, CNBC Europe
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& NBC
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television stations nationwide.
Dave formerly reported for KTLA
KTLA (channel 5) is a television station in Los Angeles, California, United States, serving as the West Coast flagship of The CW. It is the largest directly owned property of the network's majority owner, Nexstar Media Group, and is the seco ...
in Los Angeles, California. His daily "Malkoff on a Mission[Podcast Description on Apple iTunes](_blank)
/ref>" segments at 10PM were feature reports with a tech edge. In April 2007, Dave joined KCBS-TV
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and KCAL-TV
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, the CBS
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west coast owned stations based in Los Angeles. His extended feature story reports would often appear as the "6:15 Spotlight" segment on KCBS's weekday-evening newscast.
His focus is science, technology and features
Feature may refer to:
Computing
* Feature (CAD), could be a hole, pocket, or notch
* Feature (computer vision), could be an edge, corner or blob
* Feature (software design) is an intentional distinguishing characteristic of a software item ...
along with general assignment and news
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reporting. His reporting career began at WICD-TV in Champaign, Illinois
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. Dave has been a reporter in Las Vegas
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, Miami
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& San Francisco
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. Early in his career, he was an associate producer in Columbus, Ohio
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.
Personal life
Dave Malkoff was born in Youngstown, Ohio
Youngstown is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio, and the largest city and county seat of Mahoning County, Ohio, Mahoning County. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, Youngstown had a city population of 60,068. It is a principal city of ...
where he got his start in broadcasting by running a low-power radio station in his Liberty Twp. basement.[KTLA.com - Dave Malkoff](_blank)
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He also built and ran the television station for Liberty High School before moving onto commercial radio and television. This was all before he started college at The Ohio State University
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.[Cleveland Jewish News - Birth Announcement](_blank)
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Emmy Awards and nominations
* 2018 News & Documentary Emmy Nomination : Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Newscast
*2013 Los Angeles Regional Emmy Nomination : Light News Story - Single Report
* 2013 Los Angeles Regional Emmy Nomination : Outstanding News Feature Reporting
* 2012 Los Angeles Regional Emmy Award
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: Outstanding News Feature Reporting
* 2012 Los Angeles Regional Emmy Award : Medical News Story - Multi-Part Report
* 2012 Los Angeles Regional Emmy Nomination : Light News Story - Single Report [http://www.emmys.tv/awards/64th-los-angeles-area-emmy-awards-nominations]
* 2011 Los Angeles Regional Emmy Award : News Special [Academy of Television Arts and Sciences 2010](_blank)
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* 2010 Los Angeles Regional Emmy Nomination : Outstanding News Feature Reporting
* 2009 Los Angeles Regional Emmy Nomination : Outstanding News Feature Reporting [Academy of Television Arts and Sciences 2009](_blank)
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* 2008 Los Angeles Regional Emmy Nomination : Light News Story [Academy of Television Arts and Sciences 2008](_blank)
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* 2006 Suncoast Regional Emmy Nomination : Spot News
References
External links
DaveMalkoff.com Official Website
YouTube: Dave Malkoff's Iraq War Documentary
KTLA Biography
KTLA Blog
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1976 births
Living people
American television journalists
Regional Emmy Award winners
People from Youngstown, Ohio
American reporters and correspondents
The Weather Channel people
American male journalists
Journalists from Ohio