Ben C. Solomon
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| Born | (1987-11-04) November 4, 1987 (age 36) |
| Education | DePauw University |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, filmmaker |
| Notable credit(s) | The New York Times, "Frontline (American TV program), VICE News |
| Awards | Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting, 2015 |
| Website | bencsolomon |
Ben C. Solomon (born November 4, 1987) is an American filmmaker and journalist. Since January 2024, he has been a senior video correspondent at The Wall Street Journal.[1] He was formerly an international correspondent for VICE News.[2] He was the inaugural filmmaker-in-residence at Frontline[3] after spending nine years as a foreign correspondent and video journalist for The New York Times. In 2015, Solomon 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 over 60 countries including numerous war zones, including Syria, Iraq, Libya and Ukraine.[4][5][6]
Solomon graduated from Ladue Horton Watkins High School in 2006.[7] Solomon attended DePauw University, where he majoredincommunications and minoredinstudio art. After graduating in 2010, Solomon started as an intern at The New York Times. When the Arab Spring broke out, he moved to Cairo, where he worked as a freelancer for two years.[8]
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