Joe Donlon can be seen weeknights anchoring KGW NewsChannel 8 @ 5 and 6 with co-anchor Tracy Barry and NewsChannel 8 @ 11 with co-anchor Laural Porter. Joe also hosts the NewsChannel 8 segment "Our Kids". His weekly reports explore issues that impact children and their parents. Joe came to NewsChannel 8 in 1997, after spending nine years as an anchor and reporter at KVOA (NBC) in Tucson, Arizona. Career highlights for Joe include reporting from Kuwait following the Gulf War in 1991 and covering the 1992 Republican National Convention from Houston, Texas. He also travelled to Washington D.C. to cover the impeachment proceedings against President Clinton and to St. Louis for the Pope's most recent visit to the United States. Joe began his career in Corpus Christi, Texas. For three years he was a reporter and anchor for KZTV-TV (CBS). Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Joe graduated from St. Louis University High School and received his Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Journalism from Marquette University. While in college, he played left wing for the Marquette hockey team. Joe met his wife Kathy at KVOA-TV (NBC) in Tucson, where she anchored the morning news for seven years. They have three children.
Joe Donlon
Joe Donlon
Posted on March 25, 2010 at 10:09 AM
Updated Thursday, Sep 2 at 3:44 PM
