Ben C. Solomon

Ben C. Solomon
Born (1987-11-04) November 4, 1987 (age 36)
EducationDePauw University
Occupation(s)Journalist, filmmaker
Notable credit(s)The New York Times, "Frontline (American TV program), VICE News
AwardsPulitzer Prize for International Reporting, 2015
Websitebencsolomon.net

Ben C. Solomon (born November 4, 1987) is an American filmmaker and journalist. Since January 2024, he has been a senior video correspondent at The Wall Street Journal.[1] He was formerly an international correspondent for VICE News.[2] He was the inaugural filmmaker-in-residence at Frontline[3] after spending nine years as a foreign correspondent and video journalist for The New York Times. In 2015, Solomon won a Pulitzer Prize as part of a team of Times reporters working in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea during the Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa. He has reported from over 60 countries including numerous war zones, including Syria, Iraq, Libya and Ukraine.[4][5][6]

  1. ^ "Ben C. Solomon Joins WSJ as Senior Video Correspondent". Dow Jones. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
  2. ^ Holleman, Joe. "Ladue native Ben Solomon takes job as VICE producer". STLtoday.com. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
  3. ^ "FRONTLINE Expands Its Reporting Ranks, Hiring Pulitzer Prize-winning Video Journalist; Investigative Reporter for an Interactive Documentary; and Two New Journalism Fellows". FRONTLINE. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
  4. ^ Times, The New York (April 20, 2015). "2015 Pulitzer Prize Winners in Journalism, Letters, Drama and Music". The New York Times.
  5. ^ "Ben Solomon '10 and New York Times Colleagues Win Pulitzer Prize". DePauw University. April 20, 2015. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
  6. ^ Star, Victoria Berkow of the Journal. "Former Peorian's son wins Pulitzer Prize for coverage of Ebola epidemic".