FOX 13 reporter Stef DiPietrantonio - FOX 35 News Orlando

Stef DiPietrantonio joined the FOX 13 team in September 2011 as a general assignment reporter.

DiPietrantonio has worked in both news and weather during his broadcast career. Previously, he worked in Cincinnati, Ohio; New York City; Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; and Wheeling, West Virginia.

He was born and raised in Wheeling. He has family throughout Florida and in the Tampa Bay area. Stef is proud of his family's Italian heritage and spent the better part of the last 30 years researching their history, even interviewing his oldest relatives still living in his family's village in Gallo Matese, Italy.

Stef is an accomplished photographer. He shoots and edits all his own material.

He is also an award-winning singer-songwriter. ASCAP named him one of the "Best Singer-Songwriters of New York City." He has performed in venues all over the United States, Italy, and Central America.

In his spare time, Stef enjoys playing his guitar, writing new music, singing, weightlifting, and running.

He loves reporting news and telling stories; he's always looking for those intriguing people that bring stories to life. Give him a shout on Facebook or shoot him an email at Stefano.DiPietrantonio@foxtv.com.