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
Rhode Island’s CRMC will consider designating a disputed right-of-way as public, challenging wealthy homeowners’ long-standing efforts to keep the beach private
Superior Court recently sided with town officials, rejecting a proposal to convert Westerly golf course into a housing development
Thousands paid tribute to the beloved “nicest judge in the world” as Archbishop Richard Henning led his funeral Mass, followed by a procession through Atwells Avenue and final burial in Cranston
In the past 200 years, there have been only 2 fatal shark attacks documented in Rhode Island
State officials joined with union leaders to condemn the abrupt decision by the Trump Administration to stop work on a project that’s roughly 80% completed