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Occupation
  
journalist, filmmaker

Role
  
Video journalist

Name
  
Ben Solomon

Website
  
http://bencsolomon.com


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Born
  
November 4, 1987 (age 36) (
1987-11-04
)

Movies
  
Fighting Ebola Outbreak Street by Street

Awards
  
World Press Photo Award for Short Feature

Nominations
  
News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a News Magazine

Notable credit(s)
  
The New York Times,

Meet the journalist ben c solomon


Ben C. Solomon (born 1987), is an American video journalist and filmmaker who reports for The New York Times. In 2015, he won a Pulitzer Prize as part of a team of Times reporters working in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea during the Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa. He has reported from numerous war zones, including Syria, Libya, and Ukraine.

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Early life and education

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Solomon attended DePauw University. After graduating in 2010, Solomon started as an intern at The New York Times in New York. When the Arab Spring broke out, he moved to Cairo, where he worked as a freelancer for two years.

Selected awards

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  • 2016: Cannes Lions Grand Prix, “The Displaced”
  • 2016: World Press Photo, First prize, Innovative Storytelling, “The Displaced”
  • 2016: Edward R. Murrow Award, Breaking News (Video), “Paris coverage”
  • 2016: Overseas Press Club Awards, David Kaplan Award, "Paris"
  • 2015: Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting
  • 2015: World Press Photo, Multimedia 2nd prize, “Ebola Ambulance”
  • 2015: Edward R. Murrow Award, Continuing Coverage (Video), “The Ebola Crisis”
  • 2014: George Polk Award, Health Reporting
  • 2013: POYi Multimedia Photographer of the year, 3rd place

    • References

    Ben C. Solomon Wikipedia
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