Education
Her career in journalism began in West Virginia, where she attended West Virginia University.
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Lisa Colagrossi
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She was a reporter for WABC-television In New York City. Colagrossi joined the American Broadcasting Company owned station in September 2001. Prior to joining the WABC-television Eyewitness News team, she was an anchor at WKMG-television in Orlando.
She came to New York from Orlando, Florida.
She also worked in her hometown of Cleveland, Ohio at WKYC-television, the National Broadcasting Company-television affiliate there. In addition to working in Ohio, Colagrossi also worked at news stations in Mobile, Alabama and West Virginia.
She was among a long list of reporters competing to replace anchor Steve Bartelstein. Fellow reporter Ken Rosato became the new morning co-anchor, as of mid-2007.
She continued to regularly fill in for Ken Rosato or Lori Stokes, as well as for Rob Nelson and Michelle Charlesworth on the Weekend Morning broadcasts.
In early 2009, Colagrossi became business reporter on the Eyewitness News This Morning and Noon broadcasts. Though she still frequently did breaking news reporting. On March 19, 2015, Colagrossi ruptured a brain aneurysm as she was returning from an assignment in Queens.
Colagrossi died on March 20, 2015, from the effects of the hemorrhage.
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Colagrossi was also a member of the Society of Professional Journalists.
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