Clayton Sandell
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Clayton Sandwell | |
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Born | |
Education | University of California, Riverside |
Occupation | News correspondent |
Years active | 2000–present |
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Clayton Sandell is an American journalist and ABC News correspondent.[1]
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
- ^ "ABC News Hires Denver Correspondent". The Denver Post. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
- ^ "CINE Golden Eagle Awards, 1999". Council on International Nontheatrical Events.
- ^ "ABC Deploys Four New Digital Reporters". Fishbowl DC. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
- ^ "Clayton Sandell Official Biography". ABC Inc. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
- ^ "Royal New Zealand Air Force Searches for Missing Flight MH370". ABC News. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
- ^ "Jury Finds James Holmes Guilty in Colorado Theater Shooting". ABC News. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
- ^ "New 'Star Wars' Behind-the-Scenes Footage Unleashed on Fans at Comic Con". ABC News. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
- ^ "'Chewbacca' is one of little boy's first three-syllable words". The Daily Mirror. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
- ^ "New 'Star Wars' Trailer Released". ABC News. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
- ^ "The hidden sounds in 'Star Wars' revealed by its Oscar-nominated team". ABC News. 2018-03-06. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
- ^ "5 Things We Learned from "The Force of Sound" | StarWars.com". StarWars.com. 2018-03-07. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
- ^ Lussier, Germain. "This Star Wars Documentary on Sound in The Last Jedi Is Delightful". io9. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
- ^ ABC News (2017-01-05), How Rogue One Created Princess Leia, Grand Moff Tarkin, retrieved 2017-01-06
- ^ "Carrie Fisher's Reaction to Her 'Rogue One' Cameo". ABC News. 2017-01-05. Retrieved 2017-01-06.
- ^ "See How 'Rogue One' Recreated Peter Cushing and Carrie Fisher". EW.com. 2017-01-05. Retrieved 2017-01-06.
- ^ "Clayton Sandell ABC News | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2017-01-06.
- ^ News, ABC. "Video: Reservoirs and dams under tremendous strain". ABC News. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
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has generic name (help) - ^ News, ABC. "Video: Some residents of Crosby, Texas, have been ordered to evacuate". ABC News. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
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has generic name (help) - ^ News, ABC. "Video: Taylor Swift takes the stand in groping trial". ABC News. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
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has generic name (help) - ^ News, ABC. "Video: Alien legend and eclipse frenzy in Kelly, Kentucky". ABC News. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
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has generic name (help) - ^ "IMDB Clayton Sandell". Internet Movie Data Base. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
- ^ "Clayton Sandell Author Page, ABC News.com". ABC News. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
- ^ News, ABC. "Video: Darth Vader chooses his path in new Marvel comic". ABC News. Retrieved 2017-09-11.
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has generic name (help) - ^ "Clayton Sandell Official Biography", ABC News, retrieved 2018-04-07
- ^ "31st Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards". National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved April 8, 2013.