Paul David Kerley III (born May 30, 1957),[1] known professionally as David Kerley, is an American journalist who is a correspondent for ABC News in Washington, D.C. A native of Southern California, Kerley earned a bachelor's degree from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.
[2] During college, Kerley, who grew up near Disneyland, worked at the theme park's Tomorrowland.
Kerley began his broadcasting career in radio, as the news director for KCPR-FM in San Luis Obispo.
He started at KIRO-TV in 1983, moved to rival KING-TV in 1986 for nearly six years, then back to KIRO until 1998.
[2] "I consider ABC to be the premier broadcast journalism company in the country, possibly the world," he told friends, according to a February 11, 2004 Chicago Sun-Times article.