Devin Patrick Dwyer (born 1982/1983) is an American television journalist and digital reporter. He is ABC News' senior Washington reporter and leads network coverage of the U.S. Supreme Court. He has covered policy, politics and legal affairs at the network since 2009. He was the network's off-air reporter on
President Obama's re-election campaign in 2012.
Early life and education
A native of
Minneapolis, Minnesota
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, Dwyer, the son of Robert Dwyer Jr. and Anne Wilwerding, graduated from
Dartmouth College
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and
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
Career
Prior to a career in journalism, Dwyer was a high school
social studies instructor and distance running coach in Atlanta.
He got his start as a reporter at Georgia Public Broadcasting.
He joined ABC News in 2009 after several years as a public radio reporter and producer in
Atlanta, Georgia
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, and in
New York City
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. His feature radio and video stories have aired on
NPR,
American Public Media,
PBS and ''
Frontline''.
Dwyer is a regular contributor to ABC News Live, GMA3, ''
Good Morning America
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'', ''
ABC World News'', ''
Nightline
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'', and ABCNews.com.
Personal life
Dwyer married his husband, Adam Joseph Ciarleglio, on July 3, 2016.
See also
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List of people from Minneapolis
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List of Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism people
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List of Dartmouth College alumni
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List of television reporters
References
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1980s births
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
20th-century American writers
21st-century American non-fiction writers
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American Public Media
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Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism alumni
Dartmouth College alumni
LGBTQ people from Minnesota
NPR personalities
PBS people
Writers from Minneapolis
Journalists from Minneapolis
American LGBTQ journalists
21st-century American male writers
21st-century American LGBTQ people
Year of birth missing (living people)