Richard Benedetto

Degrees

B.A. M.A. and doctoral degrees from Syracuse University

Bio

Richard Benedetto is an adjunct professor of Journalism. He is a retired White House correspondent and columnist for USA Today and political columnist for Gannett News Service. He began teaching at AU in 2006. He reported on local, state and national government and politics for nearly 40 years and continues to write political commentary for publications such as Politico. Benedetto is a founding member of USA Today , joining in 1982. He wrote the national newspaper’s first Page One cover story. Benedetto covered the White House during the administrations of Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush. He has covered every national political convention since 1972 and every presidential campaign since 1984.

Spring 2018

GOVT-441 Politics of Mass Communication

Fall 2018

COMM-275 Dissident Media

COMM-443 Foreign Policy and the Press