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Joe Lofaro

CTVNewsMontreal.ca Digital Reporter
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Joe Lofaro is a digital reporter at CTV Montreal.

In 2023, he was a finalist for the RTDNA Award for Excellence in Data Storytelling.

Born and raised in the nation's capital, he got his start in journalism at the Metro Ottawa newspaper. There, he covered some of the biggest stories of his career, including the Parliament Hill shootings and an investigation into the Ottawa Police Service’s tendency to dismiss sexual assault complaints as unfounded. The small but mighty paper also sent him across the globe in 2013 to South Korea where he had the honour of interviewing veterans of the Korean War.

In 2016, he was hired as a reporter at the Ottawa Citizen, where he worked primarily in the paper’s courts bureau. He reported extensively at the time on the Supreme Court of Canada’s Jordan decision and its effects on cases of murder and child abuse, and published an exposé on historical sexual assault allegations involving an Ottawa priest.

He also worked at CBC Ottawa as a digital reporter, where he also broadened his skills by reporting for radio.

He briefly switched careers to work as a digital content writer in the Senate of Canada’s communications directorate — a job that allowed him to document the work of senators on a fact-finding mission throughout northern Canada and learn about life in the Arctic.

He moved to Montreal in March 2021 to join the CTV newsroom.

joe.lofaro@bellmedia.ca

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CTV Montreal

CTV Montreal is Quebec’s #1 English language television station. Known to generations of Montrealers by its call letters CFCF, it was the first private TV station in the province, and in 2021, will celebrate its 60th anniversary!

The station launched on January 20, 1961 and was one of the founding partners in the CTV network. From that day on it has been the top-rated English television station in the province.

Its award-winning flagship newscast, CTV News at 6,is hosted by veteran news anchor Mutsumi Takahashi, who has held the position for more than three decades. In 2016, she was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Radio Television Digital News Association of Canada.

In 2018 she was awarded the Order of Canada

The station prides itself on its close connection to the community, with on-air personalities and other staff members committed to a wide range of charitable activities and community work.

CTV Montreal broadcasts newscasts seven days a week from 5-6pm and 11:30pm-12am. Weekdays it also offers newscasts from 12-1pm and 5-6pm.

For live, local, breaking news coverage, Quebecers turn to CTV Montreal for reliable, credible and comprehensive.

Our website CTVNewsMontreal.ca is among the leading news sources in the province.