John Bentley is an Emmy award-winning journalist who has reported on stories across the country and around the world. From the frontlines of the war in Afghanistan, to covering the 2008 presidential election as an embedded reporter, to producing investigations into Jeffrey Epstein, the COVID-19 epidemic, and the opioid crisis, John has produced, reported, and shot stories for both long form broadcasts (such as Dateline, 48 Hours, and 20/20) as well as day-of-air programs. He is currently a Supervising Field Producer at NBC News, where he won an Emmy award for an investigation into Bill Cosby, and is part of the network’s coverage of breaking news in addition to long form investigative work.
Before coming to NBC, John worked at ABC News where he was part of a team that won three straight Edward R. Murrow Awards for Overall Excellence at the network's flagship broadcast World News Tonight. He also shot and produced stories on the changing nature of the US and Cuba relationship, which ran across multiple platforms at the network, as well as producing multiple 20/20 episodes.
John began his network news career at CBS News, where he was one the co-founders of the Digital Journalism Unit. Reporting across all platforms for CBS and covering stories around the world, John has gone on maneuvers with the US Navy as they patrolled off the coast of Iran, reported on the fall of Tripoli, and arrived in Haiti just hours after their devastating earthquake.
In 2008, John was a campaign embed covering Republican nominee John McCain. After the election, he helped start the digital journalism unit at CBS News, which, in addition to producing stories, trained other journalists at CBS.
A native of Tulsa, Oklahoma, John graduated from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, and earned his master's degree in journalism from Columbia University.
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