Ben Schreckinger
Born1989 or 1990 (age 33–34)[1]
Belmont, Massachusetts, U.S.
EducationBrown University (BA)
Occupation(s)Journalist, author, national political correspondent, "long-form writer"
EmployerPolitico Magazine
WorksThe Bidens: Inside the First Family's Fifty-Year Rise to Power (2021)

Ben Schreckinger (born c. 1990) is an American journalist and writer. He is a national political correspondent for Politico Magazine, author, and "long-form writer."[2] He is the author of The Bidens: Inside the First Family’s Fifty-Year Rise to Power— a book on the life of U.S. President Joe Biden.[3][4]

Early life and education

Schreckinger is from Belmont, Massachusetts.[5] He attended Brown University, where he studied classics and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 2012. As a student, he was Editor-in-Chief of The Brown Daily Herald.[5] Later he freelanced as a ghostwriter for a consultancy's blog, for The Boston Globe, and for Boston Magazine.[1][6]

Career

Politico was Schreckinger's first full-time job following his education at Brown University.[7][8] He has also written for has also written for Salon, The Financial Times, The Atlantic, The Boston Globe and for GQ.[9][10][11][12][13]

In March and June 2016, Schreckinger was denied entry to[14][15] or ejected from then-candidate and future U.S. President Trump events he was covering at the time.[16] In the latter case, Schreckinger had entered using a general admission ticket, not a press pass, so a security guard removed him.[17] In the summer of 2019, Schreckinger reported on bias at the Southern Poverty Law Center.[18]

Reporting on Biden family

In November 2020, Schreckinger signed a contract with Twelve to write his The Bidens book;[2] upon its 2021 publication, Bret Stephens characterized it in The New York Times as "scrupulously reported".[19] That same year, Brown Political Review reported Schreckinger was the first reporter by a "reputable news organization" to confirm some of the emails in the Hunter Biden laptop story.[20] A Biden campaign spokesman described one of Schreckinger's articles about a property transaction conducted by one of Biden's brothers as "an absolute joke."[21]

Books

Awards

Year Award Category Result Ref.
2011 The Fund for American Studies Award Outstanding Reporting Won [6]
2021 National Headliner Award Best Magazine Column Won [23]

References

  1. ^ a b Kasulis, Kelly (27 July 2017). "How to get into political journalism and do it really well". The Ground Truth Project. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  2. ^ a b Allen, Mike (18 November 2020). "Scoop: Battle of the Biden books". Axios. Retrieved 28 March 2022. Ben Schreckinger, a long-form writer who works the "Biden Inc." beat at Politico, has signed a deal with prestige publisher Twelve
  3. ^ New book explores the Bidens' rise to power and influence, retrieved 2022-04-05
  4. ^ "The Biden family's secrets". Politico. October 2021. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
  5. ^ a b "Herald says hello to 121st editorial board, other 2011 leaders". The Brown Daily Herald. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
  6. ^ a b "IPJ Awards $18,500 In Cash Prizes For Outstanding Reporting". The Fund for American Studies. 17 July 2011. Retrieved 28 March 2022. Ben Schreckinger of The Brown Daily Herald won a cash prize of $5,000 and the Robert Novak Collegiate Award for his story about Brown University's decision to handle rape cases internally without notifying law enforcement
  7. ^ Gilmore, Jim (17 September 2019). "America's Great Divide". Frontline (American TV program). Public Broadcasting Service. Retrieved 28 March 2022. I was the editor of Politico at the time, and we assigned perhaps our youngest political reporter, also one of our most talented, but basically a guy, he was on his first full-time job after Brown, and we sent him up to New York to cover this, Ben Schreckinger
  8. ^ ""The Bidens": Is the First Family Corrupt, or Merely Crazy?". 19 October 2021.
  9. ^ "Ben Schreckinger's Articles at Salon.com". www.salon.com.
  10. ^ "Five of the best: Dublin coffee bars". Financial Times. 2014-01-10. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
  11. ^ Schreckinger, Ben. "Ben Schreckinger". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
  12. ^ Schreckinger, Ben (November 25, 2012). "Virtue Inc". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
  13. ^ Kilgore, Ed (4 April 2019). "Very Trumpy Florida Congressman May Move to Alabama to Run Against Doug Jones". New York. Retrieved 28 March 2022. last year a GQ piece by Ben Schreckinger
  14. ^ "Politico reporter denied access to Trump event". Politico. 15 March 2016.
  15. ^ "Trump campaign blocks Politico reporter from victory rally". 16 March 2016.
  16. ^ "Trump Campaign Stops Reporter from Doing Journalism at Rally". Huffpost. 3 June 2016.
  17. ^ "Trump security removes Politico reporter from rally". Politico. 3 June 2016.
  18. ^ "The Southern Poverty Law Center: Anti-Hate Activists, Slick Marketers or Both?". WNYC. New York Public Radio. 7 September 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2022. This summer Politico staff writer Ben Schreckinger wrote, "Has a Civil Rights Stalwart Lost Its Way?" Schreckinger leads Bob through the primary criticisms faced by the SPLC throughout its 40-year history--including accusations that they have engaged in left-wing partisanship and that they have favored marketing and fundraising over education and litigation
  19. ^ Stephens, Bret (5 October 2021). "Opinion | an Ethically Challenged Presidency". The New York Times.
  20. ^ Sloan, Sacha (18 November 2021). "Hunter's Laptop, Deepfakes, and the Arbitration of Truth". Brown Political Review. Retrieved 28 March 2022. Politico slipped into a morning newsletter that one of its reporters, Ben Schreckinger, had corroborated some of the emails in the cache—including the email about the 2015 Burisma meeting. Politico hedged its bombshell report, acknowledging that in addition to the "genuine files, it remains possible that fake material has been slipped in." But even partial confirmation of the laptop story by a major, reputable news organization began to turn heads
  21. ^ Schreckinger, Ben (28 January 2020). "Lobbyist bought tropical land from Biden's brother". Politico. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
  22. ^ Lorentzen, Christian (6 January 2022). "The Family Biden". London Review of Books. Bloomsbury, London: Reneé Doegar. 44 (1). ISSN 0260-9592. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  23. ^ "87th National Headliner Awards winners" (PDF). May 2021.
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