Matt Dangelantonio
Matt Dangelantonio is the senior producer for daily news at LAist and the former senior producer of AirTalk with Larry Mantle and FilmWeek. He started at LAist in 2014 (back when it was still KPCC) as an associate producer on AirTalk.
Before coming to LAist, Matt was a producer, reporter, and host with Cox Media Group in Jacksonville, Florida, where he covered daily top stories, severe weather, and breaking news for News 104.5 WOKV-FM on radio and Action News Jax on television. He and his work have been featured on NPR, BBC, AP Radio News, Fox News Radio, the NFL Network on Sirius XM and HLN as well as local radio and TV affiliates across the country.
Matt graduated from Syracuse University in 2011, where he studied broadcast and digital journalism and Spanish. It was there that he fell in love with radio — first as an on-air music DJ and eventually as VP of Programming at student-run WJPZ-FM 89.1, a.k.a. "Z89." He was also a part-time general assignment reporter for WSYR AM/FM radio, covering breaking news and local stories in the greater Syracuse area as well as providing analysis, studio hosting, and commentary during pre and postgame shows for Syracuse men’s basketball and football.
Matt grew up in New Hampshire and will always be a New Englander at heart, but he's grown to love his new home in Southern California. In his spare time, you might find him chasing down a good al pastor taco or the best locally-brewed suds, in the outfield bleachers at a baseball game (scoring it on paper, of course), or exploring the West Coast and the world with his wife, sons, and their two Shepherd dogs — Hazel the German and Duncan the Australian.
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The southpaw has spent his entire career with the Dodgers, putting together a career resume that's pretty much guaranteed to land him in the Hall of Fame. -
The program will launch later this fall, but the utility says it wants to gather community feedback on things like eligibility criteria first. -
The autographed Topps Chrome card is the only one of its kind, and the avid card collector wants it for his own collection. -
The cause of the explosion is unknown. Sheriff Robert Luna calls the deputies who were killed heroic and says they were all department veterans. -
L.A. city firefighter David Walter and L.A. County firefighter Erin Regan are former college and pro sports standouts who are now first responders in Southern California. -
The L.A. Department of Water and Power's "Cool L.A." initiative could help you save. -
The reported deal with Dodgers chairman Mark Walter is worth $10 billion. -
The two-way star took the mound for the first time since signing with the team in 2023. -
The cherry red Gibson ES-345 has been missing since the film's release in 1985. A forthcoming documentary will chronicle the search. -
Eduardo Medina-Berumen, 22, faces charges carry special circumstance allegations that could lead to a death sentence. California has had a moratorium on executions for six years and last executed a prisoner in 2006.
