Erin Stone

Erin Stone is a freelance researcher for National Geographic Magazine and a multimedia journalist. In her work so far, she has tended to focus on trauma, addiction, mental health, and the economic, environmental, and social disparities that people face every day. Her work has appeared in National Geographic, Mother Jones, and the East Bay Express. 

Erin's work has taken her from a rattlesnake roundup in Sweetwater, TX, to a roomful of surgeons performing a liver transplant in Rio de Janeiro, to an old bar in Revere Beach, MA, where she documented the lives of Vietnam veterans, cocaine dealers and Revere natives who frequented the place.  In 2014, she received a National Geographic Young Explorers Grant to produce a multimedia project documenting the impact that construction of California's high speed rail system has had and will have on diverse communities in the Central Valley. She has worked in the heart of American oil country as a reporter for the daily paper of Midland, TX. Her articles there led to the paper receiving a statewide award for compelling coverage of mental health issues.

Erin believes in the power of storytelling to foster empathy and spur real change. With the conviction that healing begins with being heard, she strives to report on people who are often overlooked and issues that are sparsely covered. She is currently pursuing her Master's at UC Berkeley School of Journalism, with a focus on video, narrative writing, and investigative reporting.