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'''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]].▼
▲'''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.
==Early life and education==
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, New York.{{fact|date=July 2020}} ▼
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==
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. 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.{{fact|date=July 2020}} ▼
▲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, New York.{{
▲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.{{
He is the author of two books, ''Politicians Are People, Too'' (2006) and ''Around And About'' (2019).{{fact|date=July 2020}} ▼
▲He is the author of two books, ''Politicians Are People, Too'' (2006) and ''Around And About'' (2019).{{
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>
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==External links==
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*[http://www.american.edu/spa/faculty/benedett.cfm American University profile]
*{{Twitter}}
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