Dave DeOreo
Coordinating ProducerExpertise: TV, audio and digital journalism, arts and culture
Education: Kenyon College - Bachelor of Arts
Ohio University - Master of Science, broadcast journalism
Favorite spot in Northeast Ohio: Edgewater Park
Experience:
Dave DeOreo began his broadcast career as a college DJ while at Kenyon College for WKCO where he discovered NPR. After Kenyon, he interned in the WCPN news department and later was hired in 1996 as a production assistant for a new arts and culture program, “Around Noon” with Dee Perry. For close to two decades, Dave worked on “Around Noon” as production assistant, assistant producer and producer. Today he’s coordinating producer for Ideastream Public Media’s arts and culture team and the lead producer for Ideastream Public Media’s weekly arts and culture program, “Applause.”
Highlights:
- 2023 Emmy Award, Arts/Entertainment - News, “Applause: The art of the beer can”
- 2022 Emmy Award, Audio, “Applause Performances: Tri-C JazzFest”
- 2022 Gabriel Award, Best Use of Sound - TV, “Applause Performances: Tri-C JazzFest”
- 2019 Emmy Award, Magazine Program - Feature Segment, “Applause: Frank Oriti paints his generation”
- 2017 Press Club of Cleveland Award, Use of Sound, “A new day in Hough”
Why trust Ideastream Public Media?
The mission of Ideastream Public Media is to be a trustworthy and dynamic multimedia source for illuminating the world around us. Our highest priority is providing news and information that is reliable and accurate, that is gathered with integrity and professional care and that is presented with precision and respect for the intelligence of our audiences. We are transparent about how we discover and verify the facts we present and strive to make our decision-making process clear to the public. We disclose relationships, such as with partners or funders, that might appear, but will never, influence our coverage.
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A 15th century Byzantine icon of the Virgin Mary and the infant Christ at the Cleveland Museum of Art serves as the artistic and spiritual muse for Serbian-American composer Aleksandra Vrebalov. -
We get an extra day in 2024, so use it this week to get out and enjoy the arts and culture of Northeast Ohio. Whether it’s an exploration of a generation through photography or a Dickensian character with a new lease on life there’s plenty to celebrate this week. -
David Shimotakahara got his start in Northeast Ohio with the Ohio Ballet, and for the past 25 years he has led his own contemporary dance company. -
World-renowned artist Daniel Arsham is the creative director for his hometown NBA team the Cleveland Cavaliers. -
Rebecca Louise Law’s exhibit, “The Archive,” features dried flowers hanging inside the Cleveland Public Library and was created with hundreds of Northeast Ohio volunteers. -
Jamaican-born photographer Ruddy Roye recently moved from New York City to Northeast Ohio. His latest series of images focuses on those who fish the East 55th Street Marina. -
One year after Jayland Walker's shooting death by police, Akron choreographer Dominic Moore-Dunson stages "inCOPnegro," a new work inspired by the tragedy. -
Hot Latin jazz, “Ragtime” music and Juneteenth festivities are on the to-do list this week. Here are five artistic offerings in Northeast Ohio for you to explore. -
After a three-year hiatus, the Cleveland Museum of Art's Parade the Circle returned to Wade Oval with the theme of transformation symbolized by the dragonfly. -
Learn the Cleveland story of the forgotten children's book by Karamu House artists, Langston Hughes and Elmer W. Brown, "The Sweet and Sour Animal Book."
