Location New York, New York, United States Regions Greater New York Area, East Coast, Northeastern US Gender Male Also Known As JOEFLO
Website WWW.JOEFLOCCARI.COM Facebook View on Facebook LinkedIn View on LinkedIn X (Twitter) View on X
Joe Floccari has spent nearly three decades documenting history from the ground — often in the places where most people are trying to get out.
An American television photojournalist, producer, reporter, and visual storyteller, Floccari has covered war, presidential politics, mass shootings, criminal trials, hurricanes, wildfires, civil unrest,
aviation disasters, international summits, and major breaking-news events across the U.S. and around the world.
His field work has taken him to the Poland-Ukraine border at the start of the war, Israel after the October 7 attacks, the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, the Trump trials in Manhattan, the UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting, the capture of Luigi Mangione, the 2023 Lewiston, Maine mass shootings, the 2025 midair collision near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, UN General Assembly High-Level Week, and major national political coverage from New York, Washington, Alaska, and beyond.
Floccari has twice flown with the U.S. Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters, covering Hurricane Ophelia in 2005 and Hurricane Irma in 2017. His Hurricane Ophelia story was nominated for a Southeast Regional Emmy Award. He also covered Hurricane Helene flooding in North Carolina with CBS News and embedded with fire crews during the New Jersey wildfires.
He was credited as a cameraperson on CBS Reports’ Campaign of Deceit: The Election of George Santos, nominated for a News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Recorded News Special.
Floccari’s career has also put him in the national spotlight. He was interviewed on TMZ Live by Harvey Levin after a viral Twitter post connected to the Lil Wayne tour bus shooting while working overnight as a photojournalist.
He was featured by Inside Edition after being mistaken for an ICE agent while covering ICE raids and protests in Minnesota.
While visiting Japan with his son, he was interviewed by NHK News at Ichikawa City Zoo about the viral monkey known as Punch.
Before journalism, Floccari played professional baseball with the Italian Baseball Federation — a background that shaped the discipline, competitiveness, and pressure-tested mindset he brings to field journalism.
His work is rooted in a simple belief: history is often captured by the people standing just outside the spotlight. Today, Floccari is expanding beyond traditional news into documentary storytelling, interviews, public speaking, media literacy, and a personal brand focused on raw truth, resilience, communication under pressure, and the hidden realities of journalism.
