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Donnelly is a senior writer at CQ.com and RollCall.com, where he has worked since 2004.

He has earned numerous honors for investigative and exclusive reporting. In 2018, for example, he won both the National Press Foundation’s Dirksen award for the best coverage of Congress and the National Press Club’s Dornheim award for unmatched reporting on defense.

Previously, Donnelly reported for and ultimately edited Defense Week, an award-winning newsletter.

He has been published in newspapers such as the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune and has appeared on or been cited by CNN, NBC, MSNBC, National Public Radio, C-SPAN and others.

Donnelly has served as president of Military Reporters & Editors and chairman of the National Press Club Board of Governors and its Press Freedom Committee. He was an officer on the congressional Standing Committee of Correspondents, which accredits news media in the nation's capital.

Donnelly is a graduate of the College of William & Mary in Virginia and Gonzaga College High School on Capitol Hill.