Ben Taub (journalist)
Ben Taub | |
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Born | 9 January 1991 |
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Employer | The New Yorker |
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Ben Taub is a staff writer for The New Yorker magazine. He has written for the magazine about a range of subjects related to jihadism, crime, conflict, and human rights, mostly in Africa, Europe, and the Middle East.[1]
Life
In 2014, Taub graduated from Princeton University, where he studied philosophy.[2] In 2015, he graduated from the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism.[3] In 2012, during a year off from Princeton, he was a contestant on The Voice, on CeeLo Green's team.[4] Six months later, he used the stipend from appearing on the show to fund his first trip to the Turkish-Syrian border, to learn how to be a war correspondent.[5]
Awards
In 2017, Taub's work on war crimes in Syria,[6] which was supported by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting[7] and published by The New Yorker in both English and Arabic,[8] was short-listed for a National Magazine Award[9] and won the Livingston Award for International Reporting,[10] the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for International Print reporting,[11] and the Overseas Press Club Award for Investigative Reporting.[12] Taub also received the American Society of Magazine Editors Next Award for Journalists Under 30,[13] and was named one of the Forbes 30 Under 30 in Media.[14]
In 2018, his work on a convergence of crises in the Sahel[15] won the George Polk Award for Magazine Reporting[16] and the Prince Albert II of Monaco and United Nations Correspondents Association Global Prize for coverage of Climate Change.[17]
In 2019, his work on Iraq's post-ISIS campaign of revenge,[18] which was supported by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting,[19] won the National Magazine Award for Reporting[20] and the George Polk Award for Magazine Reporting, making him the eighth back-to-back Polk laureate, and the first in 20 years.[21]
Bibliography
- Taub, Ben (December 4, 2017). "The Emergency". A Reporter at Large. The New Yorker. 93 (39): 46–57.
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References
- ^ "Ben Taub: The New Yorker". The New Yorker.
- ^ "Tiger of the Week: Journalist Ben Taub '14". Princeton Alumni Weekly. 2016-01-21. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
- ^ "Ben Taub '15 M.A. Politics | School of Journalism". journalism.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
- ^ "The Voice Inadvertently Helps Fund Journalism". The Intelligencer—New York Magazine.
- ^ "From the Voice to the front lines of Syria". Matter Of Fact With Stan Grant. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- ^ "The Assad Files". The New Yorker.
- ^ "Pulitzer Center: The Assad Files". The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.
- ^ "The Assad Files in Arabic". The New Yorker.
- ^ "ASME 2017 Finalists". American Society of Magazine Editors.
- ^ "The Livingston Award Winners 2017". Wallace House.
- ^ "2017 RFK Award Winners". Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights.
- ^ "2017 OPC Awards". The Overseas Press Club.
- ^ "2017 Asme Next Awards". American Society of Magazine Editors.
- ^ "Forbes Profile: Ben Taub". Forbes.
- ^ "Lake Chad: The World's Most Complex Humanitarian Disaster". The New Yorker.
- ^ "Long Island University Announces 69th Annual George Polk Awards". Business Insider.
- ^ "2018 UNCA Awards". United Nations Correspondents Association.
- ^ "Iraq's Post-ISIS Campaign of Revenge". The New Yorker.
- ^ "Pulitzer Center: Shallow Graves". The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.
- ^ "Ellies 2019: Reporting". American Society of Magazine Editors.
- ^ "2019 George Polk Awards". P.R. Newswire.
- ^ Online version is titled "Lake Chad : the world's most complex humanitarian disaster".
External links
External videos | |
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Talks @ Pulitzer: Ben Taub on 'The Assad Files', Pulitzer Center | |
'The Voice' Contestant Used Show Money to Help Fund ISIS Reporting, Hollywood Reporter | |
From The Voice to the front lines of Syria, Matter Of Fact With Stan Grant, ABC News |