Experience

John Templeton Foundation
• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Director of Strategic Communication

  • Sep 2018 - Present


North Head

• United States
• Leasing Non-residential Real Estate

• Director

  • Oct 2017 - Jul 2018

  Ben is the director of public affairs, with a specialty focusing on policy analysis. Ben comes with an extensive media background. For the last ten years, he has worked as editor and correspondent for major magazines and news agencies. He covered macroeconomics and politics for Agence France-Presse in Beijing. Previously, he served as Asia editor and China correspondent for Global Post. In Washington, he managed a news startup as executive editor at The Atlantic Media Company. His work has appeared in Rolling Stone, Esquire, The Atlantic, and other publications. At North Head, Ben leads the public affairs team, advising a range of multinational and public-sector clients from e-commerce giants to engine manufacturers. Ben has a BA in History from Brown University and studied at the International Chinese Language Program in Taipei. Show less


Freelance, self-employed
• Animation and Post-production
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Magazine Writer

  • Apr 2017 - Oct 2017

AFP
• France
• Media Production
• 700 & Above Employee
• Economic Correspondent

  • Jan 2016 - May 2017


GlobalPost

• Ukraine
• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Asia Editor

  • Apr 2015 - Oct 2015

• Senior Correspondent

  • Apr 2012 - Apr 2015



The Daily

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Features/Ideas Reporter

  • Dec 2010 - Dec 2012

  Wrote enterprise stories for the weekend editions of the paper. Wrote enterprise stories for the weekend editions of the paper.



The Atlantic

• United States
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Executive Editor

  • Sep 2009 - Dec 2010

  Managed and edited the new sister site of The Atlantic following its launch. Oversaw eventual staff of seven writers. In 2010, we won “Smartest Aggregator” prize in Ad Age’s Media Vanguard Awards. Managed and edited the new sister site of The Atlantic following its launch. Oversaw eventual staff of seven writers. In 2010, we won “Smartest Aggregator” prize in Ad Age’s Media Vanguard Awards.