David Wright

Senior Reporter

David Wright is a veteran TV, radio, and digital reporter who recently joined the Ocean State Media team.

For more than 20 years, David was a correspondent at ABC News. He was a White House correspondent during President Trump’s first term, covered major elections in the US and abroad, reported extensively from the Vatican, and reported from numerous war zones, including Afghanistan, Iraq, Congo, Darfur, Lebanon and Gaza.

David won a New England Emmy Award for a 2023 story he did for Rhode Island PBS Weekly. He has won numerous national awards, including a Peabody, a DuPont, and several national Emmy and Murrow Awards. He began his career as a reporter at WBUR and KQED, where he hosted The California Report broadcast statewide.

A graduate of Harvard and Oxford, David met his wife Victoria when they were both covering the 2005 papal conclave in Rome. They have 3 teenage daughters and a German Shepherd Dog.

Recently published
Pope recognizes first miracle of his papacy, crediting prayers to a 19th-century Spanish priest for reviving an infant at a Pawtucket hospital
DiPrete led Rhode Island through a period of economic growth in the 1980s, but his legacy was marred by a bribery and extortion scandal that made him the only governor in state history to serve time in prison
Rhode Island had been poised to become a hub for offshore wind, but the new domestic policy bill debated overnight in the U.S. House could put that work in jeopardy
A new state law helped the beloved Rhode Island seafood restaurant reopen quickly after a catastrophic fire in May
New law signed by Gov. McKee imposes steep penalties on future sales of military-style firearms, as advocates hail progress and opponents vow to push back