Clayton Sandell

Clayton Sandell is an American journalist and ABC News correspondent.[1]

Clayton Sandwell
Born
Riverside, California
EducationUniversity of California, Riverside
OccupationNews correspondent
Years active2000–present
Notable credit(s)

Early life

Sandell grew up in Riverside, California, graduating from John W. North High School and the University of California, Riverside with a degree in political science.

Career

His first professional broadcasting job was working as a disc jockey at KRTM radio in Temecula, California later joining KCKC radio (now KPWK) in San Bernardino as a reporter and anchor.

Prior to joining ABC news in 2000, Sandell worked as a radio reporter covering the Riverside-San Bernardino region for Los Angeles news radio station KFWB. He was also a producer at Finley Holiday Films in Whittier California, writing and editing award-winning space and science documentaries.[2]

Sandell joined ABC News in 2000 and has been based in Denver since July 2009,[3] previously working as a producer in the network's Washington, D.C. bureau.[4]

In 2014, Sandell spent several weeks overseas covering the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 from Malaysia and Australia.[5] and covered the trial and conviction of gunman James Holmes.[6]

Sandell covers a range of hard news and feature stories for the network, and is known as ABC's "resident 'Star Wars' fan." [7][8][9]

With “The Force of Sound”—a 30-minute 2018 mini-documentary from ABC News Features—Sandell helped take the audience beyond the gates of the famed Skywalker Ranch in Northern California to meet the Oscar-nominated sound design team behind “Star Wars: The Last Jedi”, including Matthew Wood and Ren Klyce. Director Rian Johnson also appeared in the project.[10][11][12]

In January 2017, Sandell went inside Lucasfilm's Industrial Light & Magic for an exclusive look at how visual effects artists created digital versions of Grand Moff Tarkin and Princess Leia for "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story".[13][14][15][16]

During Hurricane Harvey, Sandell reported on evacuees in Houston and the explosions and fires at the Arkema chemical plant in Crosby.[17][18]

Sandell covered the 2017 federal civil trial involving Taylor Swift and her countersuit against former Denver radio DJ David Mueller.[19] In August of that year, he traveled to Kentucky for the Great American Eclipse, broadcasting live from the Little Green Men Days festival in Kelly.[20]

From his home base in Denver, Sandell files for all ABC News broadcasts, including "Good Morning America", "World News Tonight with David Muir", "This Week" and "Nightline".[21] He is also a frequent contributor to ABC News Radio and ABC News Digital, where he appears on the "Inside Marvel: Darth Vader" series.[22][23]

Award winning shows

In 2009, Sandell worked as a remote producer on ABC News' reporting of the inauguration of President Barack Obama.[24] The coverage was awarded a national Emmy award in 2010 for "Outstanding Live Coverage Of A Current News Story – Long Form".[25]

References
  1. "ABC News Hires Denver Correspondent". The Denver Post. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
  2. "CINE Golden Eagle Awards, 1999". Council on International Nontheatrical Events.
  3. "ABC Deploys Four New Digital Reporters". Fishbowl DC. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
  4. "Clayton Sandell Official Biography". ABC Inc. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
  5. "Royal New Zealand Air Force Searches for Missing Flight MH370". ABC News. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
  6. "Jury Finds James Holmes Guilty in Colorado Theater Shooting". ABC News. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
  7. "New 'Star Wars' Behind-the-Scenes Footage Unleashed on Fans at Comic Con". ABC News. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
  8. "'Chewbacca' is one of little boy's first three-syllable words". The Daily Mirror. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
  9. "New 'Star Wars' Trailer Released". ABC News. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
  10. "The hidden sounds in 'Star Wars' revealed by its Oscar-nominated team". ABC News. 2018-03-06. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
  11. "5 Things We Learned from "The Force of Sound" | StarWars.com". StarWars.com. 2018-03-07. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
  12. Lussier, Germain. "This Star Wars Documentary on Sound in The Last Jedi Is Delightful". io9. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
  13. ABC News (2017-01-05), How Rogue One Created Princess Leia, Grand Moff Tarkin, retrieved 2017-01-06
  14. "Carrie Fisher's Reaction to Her 'Rogue One' Cameo". ABC News. 2017-01-05. Retrieved 2017-01-06.
  15. "See How 'Rogue One' Recreated Peter Cushing and Carrie Fisher". EW.com. 2017-01-05. Retrieved 2017-01-06.
  16. "Clayton Sandell ABC News | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2017-01-06.
  17. News, ABC. "Video: Reservoirs and dams under tremendous strain". ABC News. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
  18. News, ABC. "Video: Some residents of Crosby, Texas, have been ordered to evacuate". ABC News. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
  19. News, ABC. "Video: Taylor Swift takes the stand in groping trial". ABC News. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
  20. News, ABC. "Video: Alien legend and eclipse frenzy in Kelly, Kentucky". ABC News. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
  21. "IMDB Clayton Sandell". Internet Movie Data Base. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
  22. "Clayton Sandell Author Page, ABC News.com". ABC News. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
  23. News, ABC. "Video: Darth Vader chooses his path in new Marvel comic". ABC News. Retrieved 2017-09-11.
  24. "Clayton Sandell Official Biography", ABC News, retrieved 2018-04-07
  25. "31st Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards". National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
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