David Amelotti Reporter/MMJ/Anchor Reel | Winter 2022

Standups/live shots 0:01​ | Dereck Chauvin Trial 2:00 | Severe WX Coverage 4:24​ | Exclusive, gym owner gets shut down during COVID pandemic 6:17 | Anchor block 8:17​ David Amelotti is a Regional Edward R. Murrow winning broadcast journalist from St. Louis, Missouri. He is currently a multi-media journalist investigative reporter and fill-in anchor at CBS 2 KGAN in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. David has been on the front lines of officer-involved shootings, historic flooding in Northeast Missouri and West Central Illinois, covered Presidents, and told award-winning feature stories of hometown heroes. He won a regional Edward R. Murrow award in 2019 for an investigative piece, “When Kids Find Guns,." He also contributed to coverage of the May 2019 EF-3 Tornado in Jefferson City, Missouri that won both a regional and national "Murrow." Before moving to Iowa during the pandemic, David spent the past five-and-a-half years in Quincy, Illinois. He signed on in September 2014 as a multi-media journalist and soon became the weekend anchor. He spent May 2016-April 2020 on nightside anchoring the 5,6, and 10pm newscasts.