About Sphere

Welcome to this preview of Sphere, the next phase in the evolution of AOL News. Here you will find original reporting, analysis and commentary from our ever-growing cast of top-notch journalists.

In the past few months, we've brought on writers and editors from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Time, The Atlantic and other great news organizations. And our network of contributors around the world is expanding each week.

We had planned to wait until early next year to unveil Sphere, but the enthusiasm behind the project pushed us to reveal what we have so far. It's very much a work in progress. A more robust site is a few months away.

Until then, we invite you to take a spin through our daily stories and to follow us on Facebook and Twitter. Thanks for checking us out. There is much more to come.

- The Sphere Team

Mike Porath - Editor in Chief
Mike is an award-winning writer and editor who previously worked for ABC News, NBC News and The New York Times. His reporting has taken him to more than 40 countries.

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Claire Robinson - Managing Editor
Claire Robinson is a longtime news editor at AOL. A former reporter and copy chief, she holds a Jesse H. Neal award for previous work in trade journalism.

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Sean Loughlin - Deputy Editor
A journalist for more than 20 years, Sean worked for The New York Times Co., newspapers in Ohio and Florida, and CNN before joining AOL. He is a graduate of NYU.

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Mike Nizza - Deputy Editor Mike is a producer, editor and writer who previously worked for The New York Times and The Atlantic.

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Amy Ayres - Editor
Amy joined AOL in 2000 and has spent most of her years with the company working in News. Before starting at AOL, Amy was a writer-producer for ABCNews.com.

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Theresa D'Angelo - Editor
Theresa joined AOL News in early 2008. She previously worked for Fox News Channel, MTV News, the San Francisco Chronicle and the Prague Post.

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James Graff - World Editor
A former senior editor for Time, James was bureau chief in Paris, Brussels, Chicago and Vienna. He has also reported from the Middle East, Mexico and the Arctic.

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Kathleen Hayden - Editor
A 15-year online news veteran, Kathleen primarily covers politics and elections. Before joining AOL, this native New Englander worked for CNN and Time.

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JJ Helland - Editor
JJ has worked as an editor at AOL News since 2006. Shortly before that, he received a master’s degree in journalism from NYU and interned at Salon.com.

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David Knowles - Writer
A musician and a novelist, for the past three years David has covered politics for AOL. His writing has appeared in such publications as USA Today and The Wall Street Journal.

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James Marcus - Editor

James is the author of a memoir, 'Amazonia,' and an editor at the Columbia Journalism Review. His work has appeared in The Atlantic, Salon, The Village Voice and The Los Angeles Times.

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Anne Miller - Editor
Anne joined AOL News in 2008 after almost a decade as a daily newspaper reporter in Texas and New York. She has a master's degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

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Steve Pendlebury - Editor
Steve covers general news and writes The Point, a daily column about hot topics on the Web. He started at AOL in 2000 after working for Reuters and the Associated Press.

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Andrea Stone - Senior Washington Correspondent
A former USA Today correspondent, Andrea has covered Washington, national and international news. She has reported from 47 states, 28 countries, Capitol Hill and the Pentagon.

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Christine Riedel - Editor

Christine began her journalism career as a newspaper reporter and editor. She jumped into online media in 1996 and has never looked back.

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Andra Varin - Editor
A writer and editor, Andra began her career fetching coffee in a smoke-filled newsroom filled with cranky editors. That led to gigs at the New York Daily News, ABCNews.com, CNN and UPI.

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Suleiman Wali - Editor
Suleiman has worked as a writer and editor at AOL News since 2005. Prior to that, he served as an interactive news producer at the ABC affiliate in Washington, D.C.

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