Ben Smith Biography | Wikipedia
Who is Ben Smith?
American journalist Ben Smith (full name: Benjamin Eli Smith) is currently employed as Semafor’s co-founder. He founded Semafor alongside Justin Smith at the beginning of 2022.
Ben used to write a media column for The New York Times. Before that, from 2011 until 2020, Ben served as BuzzFeed News’ editor-in-chief.
Smith Age | Birthday
How old is Ben Smith? Ben was born in New York, in the United States, on November 4, 1976. He is 47 years of age. Every year, September 4 is the day that Ben celebrates his birthday.
Ben smith Nationality | Ethnicity
Ben holds American nationality and citizenship. He is of white ethnicity and heritage. He was born in New York, in the United States of America.
Ben smith Education
He attended the esteemed Upper West Side Trinity School in New York City. Later, Ben attended Yale University where he received a B.A. summa cum laude in 1999 and wrote for both The Yale Herald and The New Journal magazine.
Ben lived at Morse College as well. While working as an intern at The Forward during his junior year in college, he developed an interest in journalism.
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Ben Smith Family | Parents
His parents, author Dian (née Goldston) and attorney Robert S. Smith, who served as an associate judge on the New York Court of Appeals, both resided in Manhattan’s Upper West Side where he was born and raised.
In contrast to his father, who was a Christian conservative, Ben’s mother was Jewish and a Democrat. He had the utmost respect for both his grandmother, a Mark Twain scholar, and his grandfather, a writer who also acted as a ghostwriter for Mickey Mantle and Tommy John.
Smith Height | Body Measurements | Weight
How tall is Ben Smith? He is a taller-than-average man. Ben is approximately 1.72 meters (or 5 feet 8 inches) tall. He also manages to maintain an average body weight of 78kg. More details regarding his other body measurements are currently under review.
Smith Marriage | Wife
Is Ben Smith married? Since 2002, Ben and his wife Liena Zagare have been a happy couple. The couple and their three children reside in Brooklyn.
Ben Smith New York Times | NYT
The Indianapolis Star’s crime beat was the subject of his first paid reporting job. Ben afterward relocated to Latvia to work for The Baltic Times and began writing for The Wall Street Journal Europe (until 2001).
In addition, he has written for the New York Daily News from 2006 to 2007, The New York Observer from 2003 to 2006, The New York Sun from 2002 to 2003, and The New York Sun from 2003 to 2006.
Between 2004 and 2006, Ben founded Room Eight, the Politicker, and the Daily Politics, three of the top political blogs in New York City. Ben took over Jim Rutenberg’s position as media writer for The New York Times in January 2020.
In 2021, after writing about the resurgent Renaissance of authors, publishers, artists, movie stars, and podcasters in midtown Manhattan, Ben created a stir online.
The Drunken Canal co-editors Claire Banse and Michelle “Gutes” Guterman were primarily featured in the story, hence the article received widespread criticism for its shoddy fact-checking.
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Ben Smith Net Worth
Ben’s riches come from his job as a co-founder of Semafor, a multinational news agency that he created with Justin Smith at the beginning of 2022. As a result, over the years that he has worked, Ben has amassed a respectable fortune. Ben is thought to be worth $897,691.
Ben Smith Salary
Ben co-founded Semafor, a global news agency, with Justin Smith at the beginning of 2022, and makes a good living from this activity. Ben earns an annual salary of $88,461 on average.
Ben Smith Semafor
He is a co-founder of Semafor, a worldwide news agency that he established in early 2022 with Justin Smith. Ben used to write a media column for The New York Times. Before that, from 2011 until 2020, Ben served as BuzzFeed News’ editor-in-chief.