Mark Stone (born 29 January 1979) is a British journalist who is currently US correspondent for ''

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'' and co-host of Sky'
Trump 100
podcast. He was previously the network's Europe Correspondent, Asia Correspondent and Middle East correspondent.

Early life

Stone was educated in the United Kingdom, first at

Hawtreys Hawtreys Preparatory School was a private boys' preparatory school in England. First established in Slough, it later moved to Westgate-on-Sea, then to Oswestry, and finally to Tottenham House near Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire. Until 1916 it was kn ...

School in Wiltshire, then at

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, followed by the

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Life and career

Stone joined the London Bureau of

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, the news division of the

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, in 2002, as a producer. Between 2003 and 2004, he spent nearly a year living in Baghdad, Iraq where he reported on the capture of

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and the growing insurgency in Iraq. He was part of a team which won an

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for their coverage. Stone joined

in 2005 working first as a producer before switching to reporting in 2007. He was one of the first British journalists to 'embed' with the British Army in Afghanistan's Helmand Province in July 2006. In August 2011, Stone played a widely reported role in Sky News coverage of the London riots. In one of the first examples of the use of mobile devices for newsgathering, Stone used just an iPhone to broadcast scenes of theft, arson and his own confrontation with looters, which both led Sky News bulletins and were covered widely by global broadcasters. He was nominated by the

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for his innovative coverage of the riots. In 2012, he became the network's Asia Correspondent, based in Beijing, China. In March 2013, Stone and his cameraman were detained in Beijing's Tiananmen Squar

They had been filming a report about the 1989 protests and were then detained after being accused of not having the right accreditation. They broadcast live from a police van as it drove them away for questioning. They were released after several hours of interrogation. In July 2013, in North Korea, he and his Sky News team produced the first ever live international broadcasts from events at locations around the capital Pyongyang using newly available broadcast technology fro
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In 2015, he moved to Brussels, Belgium as the network's Europe Correspondent where he provided extensive coverage of Europe's migration crisis and

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. In May 2019, Sky announced that Stone would become the network's Middle East Correspondent. In November 2020, during the

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, Stone attended the

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where he clashed with

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over claims that the election had been stolen. In March 2021, Sky News announced that Stone would become the network's US correspondent based in Washington DC. In June 2021, Stone was criticized for a social media exchange in which he appeared to explain or excuse

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; he subsequently apologized and stated that this was not his intention. In 2025, Stone launched Sky's Trump 100 podcast, co-hosting with

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and James Matthews.

Awards

In 2023 and 2025, Stone won th
New York Festivals
gold and silver award fo
Best News Correspondent
His work on migration across Europe in 2016 formed a central part of Sky's Emmy award-winning coverage of the same year. His work in Burma, North Korea and China has also been recognised by the OneWorld Media Awards. In 2014, he was nominated for RTS Journalist of the Year by the

for his work across Asia. In 2012, Sky's coverage of the London riots, dominated by Stone's eyewitness reports, won the Home News coverage award at th
Royal Television Society
The jury describing it as “featuring front line reporting that was brave, illuminating and captured some remarkable moments in a fast moving story with real ingenuity… a top quality example of rolling news coverage.” The Royal Television Society also nominated Stone for his innovative use of

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in his coverage of the London riots. In 2004, working for ABC News, Stone and his team were awarded an

for their coverage of th
Iraq War

Family

Stone is married with three children. He lives in Washington DC. His brother is Col. Guy Stone,

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who is the Deputy Commander of the British Army’s

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References

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