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'''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.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Allison Aubrey|url=https://www.wuga.org/people/allison-aubrey|access-date=2020-12-06|website=wuga.org|language=en}}</ref> She was a Knight Science Journalism fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Kaiser Media Fellow 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nine Journalists Named as 2009 Kaiser Media Fellows|url=http://www.bio-medicine.org/medicine-news-1/Nine-Journalists-Named-as-2009-Kaiser-Media-Fellows-47071-1/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091120124234/http://www.bio-medicine.org/medicine-news-1/Nine-Journalists-Named-as-2009-Kaiser-Media-Fellows-47071-1/|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 20, 2009|access-date=2021-11-06|website=bio-medicine.org}}</ref>
== Career == Early in her career Aubrey was a reporter for PBS NewsHour and a producer for C-SPAN's Presidential election coverage.<ref name=":1" /><ref>https://www.weforum.org/people/allison-aubrey</ref>
Aubrey began working at NPR in 2003 as a general assignment reporter.<ref name=":1" /> Her stories air on NPR programs ''Morning Edition'' and ''All Things Considered''. She has been a guest host of Weekend All Things Considered<ref>https://www.npr.org/programs/all-things-considered/2016/12/25/506927751/all-things-considered-for-december-25-2016</ref> and ''The Diane Rehm show''.<ref>https://dianerehm.org/shows/2016-05-19/roger-thurow-the-first-1000-days-a-crucial-time-for-mothers-and-children-and-the-world</ref> She hosted NPR's video series Tiny Desk Kitchen<ref name=":0">{{cite news|last1=Tanya|first1=Pai|title=Food Diaries: How NPR Correspondent Allison Aubrey Eats for a Day|url=https://washingtonian.com/2014/07/15/food-diaries-how-npr-correspondent-allison-aubrey-eats-for-a-day/|access-date=25 October 2016|work=Washingtonian|date=15 July 2014}}</ref> and is one of the hosts of Life Kit.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Feeling Anxious? Here's a Quick Tool To Center Your Soul : Life Kit|language=en|work=NPR.org|url=https://www.npr.org/2020/02/03/802347757/a-conversation-with-tara-brach-mindfulness-tools-for-big-feelings|access-date=2021-11-06}}</ref> With CBS colleagues, she was awarded the 2020 New York Press Club award for Consumer Reporting in the TV category.<ref>{{Cite web|title=New York Press Club Announces its 2020 Journalism Award Winners – The New York Press Club|url=https://www.nypressclub.org/new-york-press-club-announces-its-2020-journalism-award-winners/|access-date=2021-11-06|website=www.nypressclub.org|date=19 August 2020 }}</ref> She won a 2018 James Beard Award<ref>{{Cite web|date=April 27, 2018|first=Maria|last=Yagoda|title=These Are the 2018 James Beard Award Media Winners|url=https://www.foodandwine.com/news/james-beard-award-winners-media-2018|access-date=2021-11-06|website=Food & Wine|language=en}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Downs|first1=Jere|title='Sourdough' recipe path to James Beard glory|url=http://www.courier-journal.com/story/life/food/farm-to-table/2016/05/10/sourdough-recipe-path-james-beard-glory/83981362/|accessdate=25 October 2016|work=The Courier-Journal|date=May 10, 2016}}</ref> In 2012, Aubrey and colleagues at NPR's food blog The Salt won the foundation's award for Best Food Blog.<ref name=":0" />
She is a frequent moderator including at the World Economic Forum in Davos,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Allison Aubrey|url=https://www.weforum.org/people/allison-aubrey/|access-date=2021-11-06|website=World Economic Forum|language=en}}</ref> The Milken Global Summit in Beverly Hills, CA,<ref>https://milkeninstitute.org/video/leadership-food-sustainability</ref> The Consumer Federation of America National Food Policy Conference,<ref>https://consumerfed.org/food-policy-conference-2021/</ref> Food Tank conferences<ref>https://foodtank.com/news/2018/10/food-is-a-political-act-once-you-open-your-eyes-says-aubrey/</ref> and The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Global Food Security Symposium,<ref>https://www.thechicagocouncil.org/events/global-food-security-symposium-2019</ref> and Aspen Institute.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Correspondent, NPR News {{!}} Aspen Ideas |url=https://www.aspenideas.org/speakers/allison-aubrey |access-date=2025-09-19 |website=Aspen Ideas Festival |language=en-US}}</ref>
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,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mass vaccinations: How stadiums host a COVID defensive play|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mass-vaccinations-how-stadiums-host-a-covid-defensive-play/|access-date=2021-11-06|website=www.cbsnews.com|date=7 February 2021 |language=en-US}}</ref> Scott Gottlieb, Janet Woodcock, Francis Collins, Stephen Hoge<ref>{{Cite news|title=U.S. Moves Closer To Biden's July 4 COVID-19 Vaccination Goal|language=en|work=NPR.org|url=https://www.npr.org/2021/06/07/1003872869/u-s-moves-closer-to-bidens-july-4-covid-19-vaccination-goal|access-date=2021-11-06}}</ref> and Stéphane Bancel for a CBS story on the future of mRNA vaccines.<ref>{{Cite web|title=How mRNA technology is altering vaccine treatments|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mrna-technology-messenger-ribonucleic-acid-vaccine-treatments-moderna/|access-date=2021-11-06|website=www.cbsnews.com|date=20 June 2021 |language=en-US}}</ref> Her consumer health stories<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Aubrey|first1=Allison|last2=Simmons-Duffin|first2=Selena|date=2021-11-03|title=Some parents want to wait to vaccinate their kids. Here's why doctors say do it now|language=en|work=NPR|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/11/03/1051299050/covid-vaccine-kids-5-11|access-date=2021-11-06}}</ref> have been picked up widely by Apple News and other outlets.
== Personal life == Aubrey has three children.<ref name=":0" />
==References== {{Reflist}} {{Authority control}}
== External links ==
* {{Twitter|id=aubreynprfood}}
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