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Line 1: {{short description\|American journalist}} {{for\|the Italian-born American actor\|Richard Benedict}} {{BLP sources\|date=July 2020}} '''Richard Benedetto''' is a retired USA Today political reporter and columnist who is currently an adjunct professor in the School of Public Affairs and the School of Communication at The [[American University]] in [[Washington, D.C.~~\|Washington, D.C~~]]. He also teaches in The Fund For American Studies Program at [[George Mason University]]. He is founding member of the ''[[USA Today]]'' staff, wrote the first Page One cover story for that newspaper in 1982, and spent many years as its [[White House correspondent]]. ==Early life and education== Benedetto is a native of Utica, N.Y. and a graduate of T.R. Proctor High School. He holds a 1965 B.A. from Utica College of Syracuse University and an M.A. from Syracuse University's Newhouse School of Public Communication. He also holds an honorary doctorate from Syracuse University. Benedetto is a native of [[Utica, New York]] and a graduate of the [[Thomas R. Proctor High School]]. He holds a 1965 B.A. from [[Utica College]] of [[Syracuse University]] and an 1971 M.A. from Syracuse University's [[S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications]] in newspaper journalism.<ref name="Jogging SU mag">{{cite magazine \|last1=Benedetto \|first1=Richard \|title=Jogging with George \|journal=[[Syracuse University Magazine]] \|date=1 June 1990 \|volume=6 \|issue=4 \|pages=2–3 \|url=https://surface.syr.edu/sumagazine/vol6/iss4/2/ \|access-date=21 December 2022 \|location=Article 2}}</ref> He also holds an honorary doctorate from Syracuse University.{{citation needed\|date=July 2020}}{{when\|date=December 2022}} ==Career== He began his news reporting career in 1966 with The Buffalo (N.Y.) Evening News. He also was a city government reporter and columnist with the Utica (N.Y.) Daily Press and the Utica (N.Y.) Observer Dispatch. He went on to become a state government reporter for the Gannett News Service in its State Capital Bureau, in Albany, ~~N.Y~~New York.{{citation needed\|date=July 2020}} In 1982, he joined the start-up team of USA Today in Washington, D.C., covering the presidential administrations of Presidents [[Ronald Reagan]], [[George H.W. Bush]], [[Bill Clinton]], and [[George W. Bush]].<ref name="Jogging SU mag"/> He retired from USA Today in 2006. Upon his retirement he began teaching at American University and in The Fund For American Studies program - first at [[Georgetown University]] and later at George Mason University.{{citation needed\|date=July 2020}} He is the author of two books, ~~- "~~''Politicians Are People, Too"'' (2006) and "''Around And About"'' (2019).{{citation needed\|date=July 2020}} Benedetto was inducted as a Living Legend into the Oneida County Historical Hall of Fame in 2017.<ref>{{cite news \|title=History center names Hall of Fame class, Living Legends \|url=https://www.uticaod.com/news/20170712/history-center-names-hall-of-fame-class-living-legends \|accessdate=21 February 2020 \|publisher=Uitca Observer-Dispatch \|date=Jul 12, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title=Richard Benedetto Retiring From USA Today\|url=http://www.adweek.com/fishbowldc/richard-benedetto-retiring-from-usa-today/4166\|accessdate=9 May 2016\|work=FishbowlDC\|publisher=Adweek\|date=16 August 2006}}</ref> <ref>{{cite news\|title=Richard Benedetto Retiring From USA Today\|url=http://www.adweek.com/fishbowldc/richard-benedetto-retiring-from-usa-today/4166\|accessdate=9 May 2016\|work=FishbowlDC\|publisher=Adweek\|date=16 August 2006}}</ref> ==References== Line 19 ⟶ 21: ==External links== {{C-SPAN\|~~Richard Benedetto~~2020}} [http://www.american.edu/spa/faculty/benedett.cfm American University profile] *{{Twitter}} Line 27 ⟶ 29: {{DEFAULTSORT:Benedetto, Richard}} [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:USA Today journalists]]▼ [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]] [[Category:American University ~~faculty and staff~~people]] [[Category:Utica College alumni]]▼ ~~[[Category:Syracuse University alumni]]~~ [[Category:Journalists from New York (state)]] [[Category:George Mason University faculty]] [[Category:People from Utica, New York]] [[Category:S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications alumni]] ▲[[Category:Utica ~~College~~University alumni]] ▲[[Category:USA Today journalists]] {{US-journalist-20thC-stub}}