Dustin Jones
Dustin Jones is a reporter for NPR's digital news desk. He mainly covers breaking news, but enjoys working on long-form narrative pieces.
Jones got his start at NPR in September 2020 as the organization's first intern through a partnership with Military Veterans in Journalism. He interned as a producer for All Things Considered on the weekends, and then as a reporter for the Newsdesk.
He kickstarted his journalism career as a local reporter in Southwest Montana, just outside of Yellowstone National Park. From there he went on to study at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism where he focused on documentary production and book publication.
Jones served four years in the Marine Corps with tours to Iraq and Afghanistan. The New Hampshire native has lived all over the country, but currently resides in Southern California.
When Jones isn't writing for NPR, he is reporting for his local newspaper and freelancing as a video producer for the Military Times. Outside of work, he enjoys surfing, snowboarding and tearing up the dancefloor, sometimes all in the same day.
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Rich Strike emerged victorious among the 20 horses that competed in what is often described as "the most exciting two minutes in sports." -
The chance of dying after receiving the Janssen vaccine is about 1:2,000,000. But with multiple COVID-19 vaccines available, the FDA is limiting the use of the J&J vaccine. -
Paul Rusesabagina saved more than 1,200 people during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. The Rwandan government convicted him of terrorism in a trial that human rights groups call a sham. -
Neal Adams revolutionized the comic book industry with his hyper-realistic style for characters such as Batman, Superman, the Green Lantern and the X-Men. -
An American citizen was killed while fighting alongside the Ukrainian military, according to his family. He is believed to be the first American to be killed while fighting in the war in Ukraine. -
Italy's Constitutional Court ruled that automatically assigning newborns the father's surname at birth is unconstitutional and damaging to the children's identity. -
Steele's lawyers accuse ESPN and Disney of violating her First Amendment rights and breaching her contract after she made comments on a podcast last September. -
Mick Chivers signed up to give stem cells. When it came time to help an elderly man with leukemia, the 20-year-old didn't let multiple setbacks stop him from giving a stranger a second chance at life. -
The red wolf is one of the most endangered animals on the planet. That's why environmentalists were ecstatic to find the first litter born in the wild in four years — six pups. -
The change occurred in 2020, researchers say. Overall firearm-related deaths increased 13.5% between 2019 and 2020, but such fatalities for those 1 to 19 years old jumped nearly 30%.
