Ben Westcott

Australia Government Reporter at Bloomberg News
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Capital Hill, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, AU
Languages
  • English Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Chinese Limited working proficiency

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Experience

    • United States
    • Online Audio and Video Media
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Australia Government Reporter
      • Jan 2022 - Present

      Based in the press gallery in Parliament House, I cover Australian politics and foreign policy for Bloomberg digital, radio and television. Based in the press gallery in Parliament House, I cover Australian politics and foreign policy for Bloomberg digital, radio and television.

    • United States
    • Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Digital Journalist/Asia-Pacific Affairs Writer
      • Jun 2016 - Dec 2021

      During my five years at CNN, I have wrote deeply researched features and analysis read by an audience of millions, reported from the field in Hong Kong, Taiwan, China and Australia and led CNN’s digital coverage of the ongoing human rights crisis in Xinjiang. In my six years at CNN, I specialized in coverage of Chinese foreign policy and politics, as well as Australia and its relationship with the region. During the Hong Kong protests, I contributed to CNN’s award-winning coverage, including on the night of the July 1 siege of the Legislative Council. From 2019, I was the primary digital point person on CNN’s Xinjiang coverage, working with our correspondents, producers and my contacts in the Uyghur community to break news, including the leaking of the Karakax documents in January 2020. Show less

    • Hong Kong
    • Newspaper Publishing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Journalist
      • Jun 2015 - May 2016

      In 2015, I moved to Hong Kong to join the South China Morning Post to pursue my passion to report on the rise of China and its significance for the Asia Pacific region. During my time at the South China Morning Post, I worked as part of the Hong Kong, Business and China desk teams, and published investigations into unregulated payments to government employees and illegal trawling in the city’s waters. In 2015, I moved to Hong Kong to join the South China Morning Post to pursue my passion to report on the rise of China and its significance for the Asia Pacific region. During my time at the South China Morning Post, I worked as part of the Hong Kong, Business and China desk teams, and published investigations into unregulated payments to government employees and illegal trawling in the city’s waters.

    • Australia
    • Newspaper Publishing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Journalist
      • Oct 2013 - May 2015

      At the Canberra Times, I worked first as a cadet journalist and then a reporter covering local government, transparency and environmental issues in the region. While working at the paper I published investigations into suspicious donations to political parties from developers and local clubs, as well as improper use of federal infrastructure spending for political gain. At the Canberra Times, I worked first as a cadet journalist and then a reporter covering local government, transparency and environmental issues in the region. While working at the paper I published investigations into suspicious donations to political parties from developers and local clubs, as well as improper use of federal infrastructure spending for political gain.

    • Australia
    • Newspaper Publishing
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Intern
      • Jun 2013 - Oct 2013

  • Asia Calling, KBR68H
    • Greater Jakarta Area, Indonesia
    • Journalism Intern
      • Jan 2013 - Feb 2013

      Also interned at The Canberra Times (July 2013), The Ballarat Courier (November 2012), Crikey (June 2012) and Leading Company (May 2012). Also interned at The Canberra Times (July 2013), The Ballarat Courier (November 2012), Crikey (June 2012) and Leading Company (May 2012).

    • Australia
    • Media Production
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Producer, Panorama
      • Jan 2011 - Dec 2012

      Produced SYN Media's current affairs radio show Panorama in 2012, after working for them as a journalist in 2011. Produced SYN Media's current affairs radio show Panorama in 2012, after working for them as a journalist in 2011.

Education

  • RMIT University
    Bachelor of Communication, Journalism
    2011 - 2013

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