Armando Trull

Senior Reporter Armando Trull covers race and ethnicity for WAMU 88.5 fm, Washington DC's local NPR news station which is consistently ranked number one in the metro D.C. region. The EMMY award winning reporter is an expert on Hispanic/Latino and other immigrant communities, and also covers LGTBQ and social justice issues. He is a frequent contributor to NPR's Here and Now and has been a guest on the Diane Rehm show, the Kojo Nmandi show and the Take Away. Washingtonian Magazine called Trull “Best On Scene Reporter” in Washington in 2015 and The Washington Post Magazine called him “WAMU’s Mouth of the Morning” for his coverage of early morning breaking news. Armando has worked as a television reporter and anchor as well as a news manager. He has reported from South and Central America, the Caribbean, the Middle East, Europe and throughout the US. Armando has covered a wide range of stories including hurricanes, snowstorms, refugee camps, wars, riots, major trials, the United Nations, White House summits and the Olympics. Armando is recognized as an expert not just on journalism and communications but also on the broad range of topics he has covered extensively: Latinos in US society, immigrant communities, immigration, Central America, bilingual education, violence reduction and trauma informed education and Latino youth gangs. Armando has been a guest lecturer at American University, George Washington University, Catholic University and Marymount University. He has delivered keynotes at graduation ceremonies at places such as DAR Constitution Hall. He has been a panelist at prestigious think-tanks such as the Inter American Dialogue. Armando lives in D.C.'s Takoma neighborhood with his Havanese puppy: Babalu and his Lhasa Apso, Bruja. He loves to cook in his backyard handmade brick pizza oven whenever he can.