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
From Brown’s student journalism on administrative bloat to RISD’s removal of anti-Zionist art, Rhode Island universities are grappling with the tensions between free expression and political sensitivity
As the beloved home of the Paw-Sox faces the wrecking ball, neighbors and fans turn up to say their goodbyes
Supporters say the current political climate has made their work helping immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers more vital and more difficult
College basketball’s biggest stage draws fans from far and near, giving a boost to the local economy
But the state’s top elected officials say Dr. Rasha Alawieh’s alleged sympathies with Hezbollah are also a potential source of concern