Ben Smith (journalist)

Ben Smith
Smith in 2012
Born
Benjamin Eli Smith

Alma materYale University (BA)
OccupationJournalist
Years active1999–present
Spouse
Liena Zagare
(m. 2002)
Children3
Parents

Benjamin Eli Smith is an American journalist who is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Semafor, a news website he formed with Justin Smith in early 2022. He was previously a media columnist at The New York Times from 2020 to 2022. From 2011 to 2020, he was the editor-in-chief of BuzzFeed News.