Amanda Petrusich is a staff writer at The New Yorker and the author of three books. She is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in nonfiction and has been nominated for a Grammy Award. Her ...

Amanda is an award-winning journalist with a passion for people and is excited to return home to Middle Tennessee. She joined the News Channel 5 Team November 2024.

Amanda M. Castro is a Newsweek Live Blog Editor based in New York. Her focus is reporting on U.S. politics, breaking news, consumer topics, and entertainment.