David Kerley

David Kerley is a correspondent for ABC News based in Washington, D.C.

David Kerley is a Washington, DC-based correspondent for ABC News.

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Kerley, who joined the network in 2004, contributes regularly to all ABC News broadcasts, including "World News With Charles Gibson," "Good Morning America" and "Nightline" and ABC News' digital properties, including ABC News Radio, ABC News Now and ABCNews.com.

Since joining ABC News in February 2004, Kerley has covered major breaking news stories. He traveled with President George W. Bush to Asia for the 2005 APEC summit. He covered the anniversary of Iraqi sovereignty, reporting from Baghdad as part of ABC News' ongoing series "Where Things Stand." In August 2005, Kerley covered Hurricane Katrina from the eye of the storm as it came ashore in Biloxi, Miss. On the heels of Katrina, he reported from Key West, Fla., as Hurricane Rita made landfall, and weeks later in Cancun, Mexico, he and his crew rode out more than 51 hours of Hurricane Wilma's Category 4 winds.

Before joining ABC News, Kerley spent more than 20 years anchoring and reporting in several cities. Most recently, he was the primary anchor at WBBM-TV in Chicago, where he covered breaking news, including the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 and the 1999 Chicago blizzard. An experienced field anchor, Kerley covered presidential and foreign dignitary visits, APEC conferences and the war in Bosnia. In 1995, he anchored several hours of coverage from Oklahoma City in the days after the bombing of the federal building. He helped lead coverage of the 1996 presidential campaign, as well as the Democratic and Republican conventions.

During his career, Kerley's reporting work has included both general assignment and long form. His in-depth reporting has included stories on the technology boom, genetically engineered crops, black Muslims, American neo-Nazis and the U.S. military.

Kerley has been honored with two Emmy awards. His story of those affected by the devastating fires in Southern California in 1993 was named best spot news reporting, and he was honored for best public affairs broadcast for a WBBM program on the controversial expansion of Chicago's airport. The Press Associations of Washington State and Idaho have also honored him.

Before his work in Chicago, Kerley worked for stations in Seattle, Boise, Idaho, and Santa Maria, Calif. He received a bachelor of sciences degree in journalism from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. A native of Southern California, Kerley and his wife, Janet, have two teenaged children.