Mark Zinni

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Mark Zinni was named weekday co-anchor of Eyewitness News This Morning in June of 2007, after more than two-years as the anchor of the weekend editions of the morning newscast. In fact, Mark and Meteorologist Michelle Muscatello were the first team to bring you weekend morning Coverage You Can Count On when the newscast debuted back in 2004.

Mark is an Emmy and AP award winning reporter and producer who was honored again by the National Association of Television Arts & Sciences in 2007 with additional Emmy nominations for his work as an anchor and reporter. A 1998 graduate of St. Bonaventure University near Buffalo, New York, Mark has a degree in Journalism and Mass Communication.

In the early days of his career in the 1990's, Mark worked as an intern in his hometown of Cleveland and at NBC's Today Show in New York. But his first "paying" TV job was as a producer and reporter at WICU in Erie, Pennsylvania. Mark has also produced at WJW in Cleveland and was a weekend anchor and reporter for more than four years at WTOV in the Steubenville, Ohio and Wheeling, West Virginia market.

Before joining the Eyewitness News team in January of 2003, Mark covered several major stories including live reports from Washington and Pittsburgh on the impact of foreign steel imports on domestic steelmakers. "Steel dumping" is an issue that has greatly affected the Ohio Valley where several large mills have gone out of business because of below-market steel prices. Mark also covered the aftermath of the attacks on 9/11 from New York, where he helped deliver a semi-truck full of donations from viewers looking to help following the tragedy.

While still new to New England in February of 2003, Mark found himself covering the fire at The Station Nightclub. It's a story that continues to have an impact on thousands of people in New England. Along with several co-workers both on air and off, Mark was live outside Rhode Island Hospital for more than nine hours of coverage devoted to the fire.

As co-anchor of the morning newscast now, Mark wakes-up with viewers at 5 a.m. each weekday and you can also see him reporting on various Eyewitness News newscasts.