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, 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.
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]
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]
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, [16] Scott Gottlieb, Janet Woodcock, Francis Collins, Stephen Hoge [17] and Stéphane Bancel for a CBS story on the future of mRNA vaccines. [18] Her consumer health stories [19] have been picked up widely by Apple News and other outlets.
Aubrey has three children. [6]