Peter Daut (born September 18, 1983) is an American

journalist A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalis ...

who has been an anchor and investigative reporter at

KESQ-TV KESQ-TV (channel 42) is a television station licensed to Palm Springs, California, United States, serving as the ABC affiliate for the Coachella Valley. It is owned by the News-Press & Gazette Company (NPG) alongside five low-power stations: C ...

in Palm Springs, California, since February 2020. He was born in

Torrance, California Torrance is a city in the Los Angeles metropolitan area located in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The city is part of what is known as the South Bay region of the metropolitan area. Torrance has of beachfront on the Pacific O ...

, grew up in Placentia and graduated from El Dorado High School. Daut then attended the

University of Southern California , mottoeng = "Let whoever earns the palm bear it" , religious_affiliation = Nonsectarian—historically Methodist , established = , accreditation = WSCUC , type = Private research university , academic_affiliations = , endowment = $8.1 ...

, and graduated cum laude with double degrees in broadcast journalism and political science. He also minored in Spanish. Prior to joining

, Daut worked at KCBS-TV in Los Angeles. He is the recipient of three Emmy Awards.

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Official KESQ biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Daut, Peter 1983 births Living people American male journalists Journalists from California Television anchors from Los Angeles University of Southern California alumni USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism alumni