First Read: Domenico Montanaro

Domenico Montanaro joined NBC News in May 2007 as a researcher in the Political Unit. He also field produces for the network and reports, writes and edits for First Read, an NBC News political blog. Montanaro covered the 2006 midterm elections as an associate producer in CBS News' Election Unit, where he wrote analyses of competitive races and tracked polling and campaign finance.

Prior to joining CBS, he worked as a research analyst for a private investigations firm, taught high school English and journalism, and wrote and edited for the Asbury Park Press in New Jersey.

Montanaro, a native New Yorker, is a 2007 graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and a 2001 graduate of the University of Delaware. He lives in Maryland with his wife, Beth.