Chiara Vercellone

Staff Analyst

Chiara Vercellone is a Staff Analyst for NewsGuard. She previously worked as a fact-check reporter at USA Today, debunking online misinformation and conspiracy theories related to politics and the military. Prior to that, she worked for ProPublica and The News & Observer in Raleigh, North Carolina, covering the 2020 elections.

Vercellone has a master’s degree in political and foreign affairs journalism from Northwestern University. She is a graduate of the University of New Hampshire, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism, with a focus on international security studies.