John Mone

John Mone

John Mone

National Correspondent

John Mone has worked in television news for 20 years and was most recently at the Associated Press before joining Scripps News as a national correspondent based in Houston. Over the last 15 years, he covered some of the biggest breaking news stories and events, including being among the first wave of media to arrive in Haiti after a catastrophic earthquake destroyed much of the capital city, Port-au-Prince, and Leogane. He’s covered the Olympics, World Cup, death of Michael Jackson, worst oil spill in U.S. history, and spent six months on the 2012 Romney presidential campaign.

John is a multiple Murrow Award winner and mostly recently earned an Emmy for his coverage inside in a Houston hospital besieged by the first wave of COVID-19 in the Summer of 2020. He also had career stops in Providence, RI, Hartford, CT, and Fargo, ND. He's a graduate of Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism.

Recent Work
Migrants wait to climb over concertina wire after they crossed the Rio Grande

Texas' migrant arrest law will remain on hold under new court ruling

The moon passes in front of the setting sun during a total solar eclipse

How will the upcoming solar eclipse affect animals?

College students and abortion rights activists hold signs during a rally on the steps of the Texas Capitol

Medical board tries to clarify exceptions to Texas' ban on abortions

Migrants wait to climb over concertina wire

Texas awaits ruling on controversial immigration law

Cleanup continues at a home destroyed by the Smokehouse Creek fire.

Ranchers struggle with burned cattle, lack of feed after Texas fires

Two men installing solar panels on top of a house

Texas led the US in new solar power installation in 2023

A bump stock

Supreme Court reviewing arguments regarding legality of bump stocks

A guayule shrub

Bridgestone researchers want to grow natural US rubber for their tires

The Guardian of Law scuplture is seen at the west entrance of the Supreme Court.

Supreme Court Justices appear skeptical of social media state laws

Everlyn Bryant

Black farmers say debt relief program is too little, too late

Texas student Darryl George

Judge rules Texas school legally punished Black student for his hair

Audrii Cunningham who has been missing since Thursday.

Search continues for missing 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham

Texas National Guard help patrol looks the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass

Texas Gov. Abbott announces border camps for National Guard troops

Houston Police officers watch over churchgoers outside Lakewood Church in Houston after a shooting inside the church.

Shooter at Texas megachurch had mental health issues, police say

The American flag and the Texas state flag

How Texas' history and mythology drive talk of secession

Texas Governor Gregg Abbott

14 GOP governors at Texas border pressure Biden over crossings

A Texas Department of Public Safety officer guards an entrance to Shelby Park in Eagle Pass, Texas.

As Texas seizes portion of US-Mexico border, locals seek resolution

President Joe Biden, Marianne Williamson and Rep. Dean Phillips.

Biden, New Hampshire Democrats betting on a low-key write-in campaign

A Trump supporter standing in the snow

Trump supporters are making sure he wins the New Hampshire primary

Border patrol agent guarding the border

House Republicans demand more border security during Texas visit

Mexican Defense Secretary Luis Cresencio Sandoval.

How cartels are changing the U.S.-Mexico political landscape

John Mone and a tamale in Texas.

For many, tamales join gifts as popular wrapped items at Christmas

Alisson Cambell

LGBTQ+ migrants at border face many challenges in quest for safety

Migrant with his head down on his knees at the U.S.-Mexico border

Asian migrants seeking asylum at US border face different obstacles

Family released by Hamas.

Family member of 3 released Hamas hostages speaks out 

Children look at photographs of kidnapped Israelis

Relatives of released hostages optimistic more will be released

Empty shopping cart in a grocery aisle

Demand for food assistance on the rise ahead of holidays

Rev. Jimmie Hardaway Jr. shows the gun he carries on him during services at Trinity Baptist Church.

Do more guns ensure safety or raise concerns for churchgoers?

Rescue personnel perform a search in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael

Builders developing better designs for homes to withstand hurricanes

Football with goalpost in the background.

NFL welcomes addition of flag football to Olympics