Education
Savarese is a graduate of Fairfield University with a bachelor of arts degree in political science.
Savarese is a graduate of Fairfield University with a bachelor of arts degree in political science.
She anchored the 6pm newscast Monday-Friday. Prior to KMOV, Savarese was the weekend anchor and reporter at KIAH in Houston, Texas. Savarese also anchored weeknight newscasts at WJXX in Jacksonville, Florida, WFSB in Hartford, Connecticut and WWLP in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Savarese joined KMOV in September 2002 as Anchor/Reporter for "News 4 Saint Louis." Donna Savarese left KMOV in September 2007 to pursue a career in corporate communications in Washington District of Columbia. She currently works in Media Relations at Lockheed Martin"s Corporate Headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland.
Donna Savarese is a two-time Emmy award winner. Savarese won her first Emmy for taking viewers behind closed doors to profile an order of cloistered nuns known as the Poor Clares. Savarese won her second Emmy for her profile of Kimora Lee Simmons, the founder of the Baby Phat fashion line. Savarese is the recipient of seven Emmy nominations, including a nomination for "Best On Camera Talent" in 2007, and a nomination in sports for an interview with the Saint Louis Cardinals" former batting coach battling an addiction. Savarese has also received two Radio and Television News Directors Association Edward R. Murrow "Remembering Riley", which aired in 2007, profiled a marine killed in the battle for Fallujah. Her second Edward R. Murrow award, entitled "Foreign the Love of Laura," profiled a young husband"s commitment to his for his wife who was seriously injured in a car accident.
