Allison Aubrey
Allison Aubrey | |
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Aubrey at the 2017 World Economic Forum | |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Employer | NPR |
| Children | 3 |
| Awards | James Beard Award |
Allison Aubrey is an American journalist. She is an NPR correspondent, a contributor to CBS Sunday Morning, PBS NewsHour, and a frequent conference moderator. She's the recipient of numerous awards including a New York Press Club Award, a National Press Club award, a Gracie Award and a James Beard Award winner.
Early life
Aubrey earned a BA from Denison University in Granville, Ohio, and an MA from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.[1] She was a Knight Science Journalism fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Kaiser Media Fellow 2010.[2]
Career
Early in her career Aubrey was a reporter for PBS NewsHour and a producer for C-SPAN's Presidential election coverage.[1][3]
Aubrey began working at NPR in 2003 as a general assignment reporter.[1] Her stories air on NPR programs Morning Edition and All Things Considered. She has been a guest host of Weekend All Things Considered[4] and The Diane Rehm show.[5] She hosted NPR's video series Tiny Desk Kitchen[6] and is one of the hosts of Life Kit.[7] With CBS colleagues, she was awarded the 2020 New York Press Club award for Consumer Reporting in the TV category.[8] She won a 2018 James Beard Award[9] for reporting on Food As Medicine. At the 2016 James Beard Foundation Media Awards, Aubrey won the James Beard Award for Television Segment for a PBS NewsHour stories on food waste.[10] In 2012, Aubrey and colleagues at NPR's food blog The Salt won the foundation's award for Best Food Blog.[6]
She is a frequent moderator including at the World Economic Forum in Davos,[11] The Milken Global Summit in Beverly Hills, CA,[12] The Consumer Federation of America National Food Policy Conference,[13] Food Tank conferences[14] and The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Global Food Security Symposium,[15] and Aspen Institute.[16]
She has reported more than 200 stories on the global pandemic, interviewing dozens of COVID-19 experts and doctors including Atul Gawande for a CBS story on mass vaccination sites,[17] Scott Gottlieb, Janet Woodcock, Francis Collins, Stephen Hoge[18] and Stéphane Bancel for a CBS story on the future of mRNA vaccines.[19] Her consumer health stories[20] have been picked up widely by Apple News and other outlets.
Personal life
Aubrey has three children.[6]
References
- ^ a b c "Allison Aubrey". wuga.org. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
- ^ "Nine Journalists Named as 2009 Kaiser Media Fellows". bio-medicine.org. Archived from the original on November 20, 2009. Retrieved 2021-11-06.
- ^ https://www.weforum.org/people/allison-aubrey
- ^ https://www.npr.org/programs/all-things-considered/2016/12/25/506927751/all-things-considered-for-december-25-2016
- ^ https://dianerehm.org/shows/2016-05-19/roger-thurow-the-first-1000-days-a-crucial-time-for-mothers-and-children-and-the-world
- ^ a b c Tanya, Pai (15 July 2014). "Food Diaries: How NPR Correspondent Allison Aubrey Eats for a Day". Washingtonian. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
- ^ "Feeling Anxious? Here's a Quick Tool To Center Your Soul : Life Kit". NPR.org. Retrieved 2021-11-06.
- ^ "New York Press Club Announces its 2020 Journalism Award Winners – The New York Press Club". www.nypressclub.org. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 2021-11-06.
- ^ Yagoda, Maria (April 27, 2018). "These Are the 2018 James Beard Award Media Winners". Food & Wine. Retrieved 2021-11-06.
- ^ Downs, Jere (May 10, 2016). "'Sourdough' recipe path to James Beard glory". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
- ^ "Allison Aubrey". World Economic Forum. Retrieved 2021-11-06.
- ^ https://milkeninstitute.org/video/leadership-food-sustainability
- ^ https://consumerfed.org/food-policy-conference-2021/
- ^ https://foodtank.com/news/2018/10/food-is-a-political-act-once-you-open-your-eyes-says-aubrey/
- ^ https://www.thechicagocouncil.org/events/global-food-security-symposium-2019
- ^ "Correspondent, NPR News | Aspen Ideas". Aspen Ideas Festival. Retrieved 2025-09-19.
- ^ "Mass vaccinations: How stadiums host a COVID defensive play". www.cbsnews.com. 7 February 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-06.
- ^ "U.S. Moves Closer To Biden's July 4 COVID-19 Vaccination Goal". NPR.org. Retrieved 2021-11-06.
- ^ "How mRNA technology is altering vaccine treatments". www.cbsnews.com. 20 June 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-06.
- ^ Aubrey, Allison; Simmons-Duffin, Selena (2021-11-03). "Some parents want to wait to vaccinate their kids. Here's why doctors say do it now". NPR. Retrieved 2021-11-06.