Ben C. Solomon

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Ben C. Solomon
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Born (1987-11-04) November 4, 1987 (age 36)
Education DePauw University
Occupation(s)Journalist, filmmaker
Notable credit(s) The New York Times , "Frontline (American TV program), VICE News
Awards Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting, 2015
Website bencsolomon.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]

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Early life and education

Solomon graduated from Ladue Horton Watkins High School in 2006. [7] Solomon attended DePauw University, where he majored in communications and minored in studio art. After graduating in 2010, Solomon started as an intern at The New York Times . When the Arab Spring broke out, he moved to Cairo, where he worked as a freelancer for two years. [8]

Selected awards

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