Daniele Compatangelo, the La7 journalist correspondent from Washington, has died, known in political news for the recent phone interview with Donald Trump that sparked a clash with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni after his report on ’L’aria che tira’.
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He suddenly passed away due to a sudden illness, his mother confirms to ANSA.
Born in Savona and raised in Turin, he had lived in Rome but had settled in the United States for many years. He had a 25-year career during which he collaborated with many publications, from Sky to Secolo XIX, and managed prominent press offices.
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In particular, he covered eight editions of the Olympic Games, from Sydney 2000 to London 2012. In June 2011, his investigative documentary The Los Angeles Breakdown received an Honorable Mention at the 53rd Southern California Journalism Awards in Los Angeles.
His reports and documentaries were broadcast by RSI, the Italian public television of Switzerland, by Rai and Mediaset. He was currently president of the White House Foreign Correspondents’ Association (WHFCA), an association of correspondents covering US government politics. He was 50 years old.
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