He also teaches in The Fund For American Studies Program at George Mason University.
He is founding member of the USA Today staff, wrote the first Page One cover story for that newspaper in 1982, and spent many years as its White House correspondent.
Benedetto is a native of Utica, New York and a graduate of the Thomas R. Proctor High School.
[citation needed] In 1982, he joined the start-up team of USA Today in Washington, D.C., covering the presidential administrations of Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W.
[citation needed] Benedetto was inducted as a Living Legend into the Oneida County Historical Hall of Fame in 2017.