Clayton Sandell

Clayton Sandell is an ABC News Correspondent based in Denver. He files stories for "Good Morning America," "World News with Diane Sawyer," "Nightline," ABC News Radio and ABCNews.com. Sandell covers a wide range of breaking news across the West, in addition to stories on climate change, space exploration and the science behind extreme weather. He's reported on wildfires and avalanches, the Texas trial of polygamist religious leader Warren Jeffs, the FBI's hunt for serial bank robbers, Najibullah Zazi's plot to bomb New York subways and the infamous "Balloon Boy" hoax. Prior to his post in Denver, Sandell was a producer for "World News with Charles Gibson" and "World News Tonight with Peter Jennings," based in Washington DC. In 2010 Sandell received an Emmy Award as part of the ABC News team that covered the inauguration of President Barack Obama. He traveled to Copenhagen, Denmark in 2009 to cover the U.N. Climate Change Conference. Along with correspondent Bill Blakemore, Sandell w