David Wright

Reporter

David Wright is a veteran TV, radio, and digital reporter who has contributed stories to Rhode Island PBS Weekly since 2021 and more recently joined the Public’s Radio team.

For more than 20 years, David was a correspondent at ABC News. Career highlights include serving as a White House reporter during President Trump’s first term, traveling press during the 2008 Presidential race, traveling with the pope through 4 continents, covering the Vatican and the Catholic Church during 3 different popes, and reporting from numerous global conflict zones, including Afghanistan, Iraq, Darfur, and Gaza.

Past interviews include Donald Trump, Barack Obama, John McCain, George W. Bush, George H.W. Bush, Benjamin Netanyahu, Mark Zuckerberg, and Elon Musk. David won a New England Emmy and a NETA award in 2023 for a story he did for Rhode Island PBS Weekly. Other awards include several national Emmy and Murrow Awards, plus a Peabody, a DuPont, and an Overseas Press Club award. He began his career in public radio as a reporter at WBUR and KQED, where he hosted The California Report broadcast statewide. A native of Buffalo, he is a graduate of Harvard and Oxford. He 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
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
Gov. Dan McKee announced he will allow the $14.34 billion spending plan passed by the General Assembly to become law without his signature