Trevor Ault
Trevor Ault is a national correspondent for ABC News, based in New York City. His reports can be seen across multiple ABC broadcasts, including “Good Morning America,” “World News Tonight,” “Nightline,” “20/20,” ABC News Live and the ABC News podcast “Start Here.”
Ault served as a lead correspondent through the COVID-19 pandemic, appearing at some of the first White House coronavirus briefings, where he pressed former President Trump and Dr. Anthony Fauci about the spread of the virus and insufficient PPE for healthcare workers. He also embedded with medical teams inside some of the hardest-hit hospitals in the country, documenting conditions inside overwhelmed intensive care units.
He has reported extensively on domestic civil unrest, including live reports feet away from police tearing down pro-Palestinian encampments on the UCLA campus and amid tense racial justice protests across the country. His work during the George Floyd demonstrations in Manhattan contributed to ABC News’ Edward R. Murrow Award-winning breaking news coverage.
Ault reported from the steps of the Pennsylvania state capitol during the first Stop the Steal demonstrations and has frequently anchored ABC News Live coverage during monumental political events, including the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade.
Ault has been on air in the middle of devastating hurricanes, blizzards, flash floods and heat waves. He’s provided on-the-ground reporting in the immediate aftermath of multiple mass shootings, including Oxford High School in Michigan, leading coverage for two years, culminating in the conviction of the first parents held criminally responsible for their child’s school shooting.
His work has shed light on the suicide epidemic in Wyoming, the impact of the death penalty through the eyes of Boston Marathon bombing victims, and the often dangerous interactions between police and the mentally ill.
Before joining ABC, Ault worked as a reporter and anchor for KOIN-6 News in Portland, Oregon, where he went undercover reporting on underground street racing groups. He began his career at WTOL-11 in his hometown of Toledo, Ohio. He graduated with a degree in communications from Defiance College and has a master’s degree in broadcast and digital journalism from Syracuse University. He currently lives in Brooklyn, New York.
