Evie Stone
Evie Stone is the Supervising Editor at Weekend Edition. She collaborates with show staff and newsroom colleagues to ensure that Weekend Edition covers essential news, tells human stories and occasionally makes the audience bark with laughter.
Before joining Weekend Edition, Stone was a producer and editor for NPR's National and Washington desks and for All Things Considered. She has covered Hurricane Katrina, the BP Oil Spill, survivors of sex trafficking, whistleblower protections, how crash tests work and the afterlife. Stone started her NPR career as the elections intern and worked on seven elections for the network, eventually overseeing NPR's live election specials in 2012 and 2014. She enjoys terrible puns and dragging her family outside in bad weather.
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Hearing about a young woman's struggle to wipe away her conviction on prostitution charges inspired New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen to introduce legislation to help other victims. -
Robyn Gritz investigated major national security threats, but says the FBI drummed her out of a job after she fell out of favor with her supervisors. She went on to sell cosmetics and answer phones. -
After Robert Kobus alerted his bosses to improper payroll practices, he was transferred to an all but empty office. The Justice Department eventually determined the FBI had retaliated against him. -
"I'm not ever going to forget what I've done," says a woman once convicted of prostitution. "But, at the same time, I don't want it thrown in my face every time I'm trying to seek employment." -
From health care to climate change to immigration, GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has found himself at odds with conservatives over the years. But will Republican voters overlook those issues if they think he can beat President Obama?
