Andrea Stone

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Andrea Stone is an American journalist. She was a long-time correspondent for USA Today.

Early life and education

From the Bronx, New York City,{{Cite web|url=https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/2015/02/journalist-andrea-stone-named-career-services-director/|title = Journalist Andrea Stone Named Career Services Director|date = 4 February 2015}} she graduated the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.[http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/page/670-alumni-weekend-2011-schedule/475 ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110312092933/http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/page/670-alumni-weekend-2011-schedule/475 |date=March 12, 2011 }}

Career

First she worked for newspapers in Illinois, Florida, and New York, including the Riverdale Press, and freelanced for Newsweek, Business Week, Chicago Tribune, The Gainesville Sun. She also worked with Gannett News Service in Arlington, Virginia. She also worked as bureau chief for Washington for AOL News.{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2013/04/al-jazeera-america-hires-online-producers-162027|title=Al Jazeera America hires online producers|website=Politico|date=18 April 2013 }}

In 1985 she was hired by USA Today and worked there for over 25 years.{{Cite web|url=https://jaws.org/2012/01/27/women-journalists-in-the-21st-century-andrea-stone/|title = Andrea Stone| date=27 January 2012 }}

{{Cite web|url=http://herstory.rjionline.org/030.html|title = Andrea Stone}} In 2001, The Register criticized her piece on cyber-war as reading like government propaganda.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theregister.com/2001/06/23/usa_today_as_dod_cyberwar/|title = USA Today as DoD cyber-war mouthpiece}} In 2002, she was told by the Huffington Post to delete a Facebook post asking if Nazis felt "more comfortable" with the GOP than other parties, which was covered in Forbes.{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffbercovici/2012/02/29/huffpo-muzzles-reporter-who-accused-gop-of-welcoming-nazis/?sh=1f7265f910e8|title=Huffpo Politics Reporter Told to Delete Facebook Post 'Just Asking' if GOP Embraces Nazis|website=Forbes}} Of other articles she's written for USA Today,{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-04-18-gaza-independence_x.htm|title= Independence in Gaza will come with risks|work=usatoday.com}} she covered topics like 9/11 at the Pentagon.{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/sept01/2001-09-14-pentagon-usat.htm|title= Pentagon searchers encounter grisly scenes|work=usatoday.com}}{{cite web|url=http://content.usatoday.com/community/tags/reporter.aspx?id=25 |title=Usa Today |publisher=Content.usatoday.com |date= |access-date=2015-09-19}}

In 2011, she was hired by Huffington Post Media as Senior National Correspondent in politics,{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/arianna-nyt-aol-keller-2011-3|title=Arianna Has Poached 11 More Writers, Including A Former NYT Culture Editor|date=14 March 2011|work=Business Insider}} and that year was mentioned at the National Press Club by Arianna Huffington and Tim Armstrong.[http://www.c-span.org/Events/Arianna-Huffington-Tim-Armstrong-at-the-National-Press-Club/10737422918-1/ ] {{webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20120723120247/http://www.c-span.org/Events/Arianna-Huffington-Tim-Armstrong-at-the-National-Press-Club/10737422918-1/ |date=July 23, 2012 }}

In April 2013, she was hired as a senior online executive producer of Al Jazeera America.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2013/digital/news/al-jazeera-digital-1200385474/|title = Al Jazeera America: Andrea Stone, Tony Karon to Oversee Digital|date = 18 April 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://america.aljazeera.com/update/andrea-stone-and-tony-karon-join-al-jazeera-america|title=Andrea Stone and Tony Karon to Join Al Jazeera America|work=aljazeera.com}}{{cite web |url=http://www.aolnews.com/team/andrea-stone/ |title=News & latest headlines from AOL |publisher=Aolnews.com |access-date=2015-09-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100201005731/http://www.aolnews.com/team/andrea-stone/ |archive-date=2010-02-01 }}{{cbignore}}

By 2015, she had worked as a freelancer for National Geographic and other publications. She had also taught as an adjunct professor at American University in Washington, D.C. In 2015, she became director of career services for the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism. She retired in June 2019.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}

Stone has appeared on CNN{{cite web |url=http://edition.cnn.hu/TRANSCRIPTS/0801/05/tww.01.html |title=Archived copy |website=edition.cnn.hu |access-date=14 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721104221/http://edition.cnn.hu/TRANSCRIPTS/0801/05/tww.01.html |archive-date=21 July 2011 |url-status=dead}} and C-SPAN.{{cite web|url=http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/HomosexualsintheMilitary33|title=Homosexuals Military|work=C-SPAN.org}} She co-authored "Desert Warriors: Men and Women Who Won the Persian Gulf War."{{Cite book|title=Desert Warriors: Men and Women Who Won the Persian Gulf War: USA Today: 9780671748753|year = 1991| publisher=Pocket Books |isbn = 0671748750}}

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