Pierre Thomas is the chief justice correspondent for ABC News. He
joined the network in November 2000 and reports for “World News
Tonight with David Muir,” “Good Morning America,”
“Nightline,” “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” and all
platforms, including ABC News Live, ABC News Radio and ABC News
Digital.

During his tenure at ABC News, he has earned a number of notable
awards, including one of the most prestigious honors in broadcast
journalism: The Paul White Award from the Radio Television Digital
News Association (RTDNA), the highest honor from the organization.
Thomas also earned the RTDNA’s second-highest honor, the John F.
Hogan Distinguished Service Award, making him, along with Walter
Cronkite, one of only three journalists to receive both of RTDNA’s
highest honors. In 2024, the Emmys® entered Thomas into its Silver
Circle, calling him one of the most trusted names in news and
recognizing his 25 years of excellence. He has also been inducted into
the Society of Professional Journalists’ Washington, D.C., chapter
Hall of Fame. Thomas is a member of the National Association of Black
Journalists (NABJ), and in 2012, he was named NABJ’s Journalist of
the Year. In 2022, he was a recipient of the John S. Carroll
Journalist of the Year from the News Literacy Project for his
commitment to quality journalism and news literacy education. He has
multiple Emmys and Murrow Awards as part of the network’s coverage
of some of the biggest stories in recent history. Thomas was a key
member of ABC News’ team of correspondents covering the terrorist
attacks of Sept. 11, and he continues to report on all aspects of the
aftermath of those attacks. The network’s coverage of the 9/11
tragedy was widely recognized for its excellence, winning the
prestigious Peabody and Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards
and an Emmy Award.

From special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation targeting former
President Trump to the Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando and the
Boston marathon terrorist attacks, Thomas has covered countless major
news stories at ABC News. Thomas reported on the death of George Floyd
and the protests against racial injustice and police brutality that
arose in the wake of his death and conducted exclusive interviews with
former Attorney General William Barr and former FBI Director Chris
Wray. In 2021, Thomas secured the first exclusive television interview
with U.S. Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn, who protected the Capitol
against armed insurrectionists on Jan. 6. Just hours after the
attempted assassination of President Donald Trump, Thomas secured an
interview with the director of the Secret Service.

A former Washington Post reporter, Thomas was part of the team whose
work was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for reporting on illegal
gun use in the Washington, D.C., region. Thomas joined CNN as a
Justice Department correspondent in 1997. While there, he broke news
on many fronts, including terrorism, cybercrime, the hunt for Osama
bin Laden, the FBI’s Most Wanted list and the Justice Department’s
involvement in the Elian Gonzalez case. He started his career at The
Roanoke Times and World News.

Thomas is a graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University. He is a member of the Gridiron Club, the nation’s oldest
and one of its most prestigious journalistic organizations. Thomas is
a past chairman of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press,
which honored him with the Career Achievement Award in 2023.
