Hello,
My name is Ben and I'm a journalist with a knack for long-form feature writing. I'm currently at the Village Voice, covering foreclosures, Occupy Wall Street movements, and other newsworthy bits. On weekends, I write freelance features for the Wall Street Journal and South China Morning Post (I also blog incessantly about basketball--yeah, I don't sleep).
From 2007 to 2011, I worked in Hong Kong as a feature writer and editor, mostly with the city's largest English publication, the South China Morning Post.
My writing has also appeared in: New York Magazine's Sports Blog, Los Angeles Times Sunday Magazine, SLAM, Time Out Hong Kong, CNN Go, and various inflight magazines across Asia.
In Hong Kong, I covered the city's subculture scene (underground poker rooms, obscure pro wrestling leagues, indie music gigs at abandoned warehouses, trigger-happy boar-hunters, etc) but was also known for my pop culture prowess. I had my own weekly pop culture column in the Sunday Review, and I was frequently assigned to interview visiting international artists, from Noel Gallagher to Katy Perry to Dr Dre. In the fall of 2011, I was a guest on NPR's All Things Considered, in a segment on world music.
Contact me at bencsin (at) gmail (dot) com or 646-406-4297.
Thanks.
My name is Ben and I'm a journalist with a knack for long-form feature writing. I'm currently at the Village Voice, covering foreclosures, Occupy Wall Street movements, and other newsworthy bits. On weekends, I write freelance features for the Wall Street Journal and South China Morning Post (I also blog incessantly about basketball--yeah, I don't sleep).
From 2007 to 2011, I worked in Hong Kong as a feature writer and editor, mostly with the city's largest English publication, the South China Morning Post.
My writing has also appeared in: New York Magazine's Sports Blog, Los Angeles Times Sunday Magazine, SLAM, Time Out Hong Kong, CNN Go, and various inflight magazines across Asia.
In Hong Kong, I covered the city's subculture scene (underground poker rooms, obscure pro wrestling leagues, indie music gigs at abandoned warehouses, trigger-happy boar-hunters, etc) but was also known for my pop culture prowess. I had my own weekly pop culture column in the Sunday Review, and I was frequently assigned to interview visiting international artists, from Noel Gallagher to Katy Perry to Dr Dre. In the fall of 2011, I was a guest on NPR's All Things Considered, in a segment on world music.
Contact me at bencsin (at) gmail (dot) com or 646-406-4297.
Thanks.
