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
After a long legal battle, Congregation Jeshuat Israel leaves Touro Synagogue — their spiritual home for over a century — as a new chapter begins under new tenants and old tensions linger
The Rhode Island nonprofit is determined to keep going despite the funding crisis caused by the dismantling of USAID
Bishop Bruce, the newly minted Bishop of Providence, says he’ll stand with “the friendless and forgotten”
From “Crumbling Bridge” to “Bumpy Rhodes,” the Bucci family creates ice cream flavors that celebrate – and poke fun at – the state’s imperfect landmarks, including the Washington Bridge
Local farmer’s markets may help, according to food policy advocates