Devin Bates
Coastal ABC
Devin joined the Coastal ABC team in December 2025 as a multimedia journalist.
He previously worked as a multimedia journalist and anchor for Spectrum News 1 in Worcester, Massachusetts, for three years, and prior to that spent four years as a multimedia journalist and State House reporter for Local 22 and Local 44 in Colchester, Vermont.
He enjoys covering local politics and breaking news, but his favorite stories involve getting outside and capturing the natural beauty of the region, and he’s excited to be working closer to the ocean.
His favorite assignments over the years have included reporting on the first votes cast in the 2020 presidential primaries in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, countless evenings spent reporting in snowstorms, and appearing as a panelist with other Vermont journalists on the weekly PBS program "Vermont This Week."
He also returned to Vermont in April 2024 to report in Burlington during the total solar eclipse, taking in the sights with thousands of others packing the waterfront by Lake Champlain.
Outside of work, Devin enjoys hiking, disc golfing, snowboarding, spending time with friends and family, and getting far too invested in the successes and failures of Philadelphia sports teams.