Ben Casselman

American journalist
Ben Casselman
EducationColumbia University (BA)
OccupationJournalist
OrganizationThe New York Times
AwardsGerald Loeb Award for Large Newspapers (2011)

Ben Casselman is an American journalist. He previously worked for The Wall Street Journal, FiveThirtyEight, and is currently an economics reporter for The New York Times.[1]

Biography

Casselman graduated from Columbia University in 2003.[2] He started his journalism career at The Salem News before joining The Wall Street Journal, where he worked as a reporter from 2006 to 2013.[3] He was a finalist for the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting and shared a Gerald Loeb Award for Large Newspapers for covering the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.[4]

In 2013, Casselman joined FiveThirtyEight as the chief economics writer and senior editor.[5][6] He joined The New York Times business news desk in 2017.[1][7] He was nominated for a Gerald Loeb Award for Beat Reporting in 2021 for his work on the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on the American economy.[8][9] He is a frequent guest on The Daily, the Times's news podcast.[10]

He is an adjunct professor at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York, where he teaches economic reporting.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b "Casselman to join NY Times business news desk". Talking Biz News. 2017-08-23. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  2. ^ Columbia College (Columbia University). Office of Alumni Affairs and Development; Columbia College (Columbia University) (August 2007). Columbia College today. Columbia University Libraries. New York, N.Y. : Columbia College, Office of Alumni Affairs and Development.
  3. ^ "Ben Casselman — Former reporter at The Wall Street Journal". WSJ. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  4. ^ "UCLA Anderson School of Management Announces 2011 Gerald Loeb Award Winners". www.businesswire.com. 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  5. ^ Bhuiyan, Johana. "Ben Casselman joins FiveThirtyEight as Chief Economics Writer". POLITICO Media. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  6. ^ "An Interview with Ben Casselman, FiveThirtyEight's Chief Economics Writer". thepolitic.org. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  7. ^ "Tiffany Hsu and Ben Casselman Join Business Day". The New York Times Company. 2017-08-23. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  8. ^ "Loeb Honors". The New York Times Company. 2021-10-04. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  9. ^ Management, UCLA Anderson School of. "2021 Gerald Loeb Award Finalists, Career Achievement Honorees and Date of Virtual Awards Event Announced by UCLA Anderson". www.prnewswire.com (Press release). Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  10. ^ Kitroeff, Natalie; Lin, Shannon; Prieto, Carlos; Johnson, Michael Simon; Chow, Lisa; Georges, Marc; Lozano, Marion; Moxley, Alyssa (2023-07-12). "The Great Resignation is Over". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
  11. ^ J-School, Newmark. "Ben Casselman". Newmark J-School. Retrieved 2022-02-15.