Trevor Ault | |
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| Born | April 14, 1990 |
| Education | Defiance College |
| Occupation | TV journalist |
| Years active | 2013–present |
Trevor Ault is an American journalist who is national correspondent for ABC News, based in New York City. His reports have been on Good Morning America, ABC World News Tonight, Nightline, 20/20, ABC News Live and the ABC News podcast "Start Here". [1]
Ault graduated with a degree in communications from Defiance College and has a master's degree in broadcast and digital journalism from Syracuse University. Before joining ABC News, Ault began his career at WTOL in his hometown of Toledo, Ohio where he was born. He then worked as a reporter and anchor for KOIN in Portland, Oregon, where he went undercover reporting on street racing groups.[ citation needed ]
Ault joined ABC News in 2019 starting as a multi-platform reporter. [2] He rose through the ranks reporting on all shows and platforms that led to his promotion as a New York-based correspondent in 2020.[ citation needed ]
He was lead correspondent during the COVID-19 pandemic, appeared at some of the White House press briefings on coronavirus where he pressed former President Trump and Dr. Anthony Fauci about the virus' spread and the insufficient PPE for healthcare workers, contributed reports on the George Floyd protests in Manhattan that led to an ABC News' Edward R Murrow Award, reported from the steps of the Pennsylvania State Capitol during the first Stop the Steal demonstrations, including the overturning of Roe V. Wade, and reported live on natural disasters, including hurricanes, blizzards, flash floods and heat waves, among other breaking news stories. [3]