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Ben Taub
BornJanuary 9, 1991 (1991-01-09) (age 33)
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EmployerThe New Yorker
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Ben Taub (born January 9, 1991)[1][2] is an American journalist who is a staff writer for The New Yorker magazine. He has written for the magazine about a range of subjects related to jihadism, crime, conflict, and human rights, mostly in Africa, Europe, and the Middle East.[3]

Life

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Taub attended Princeton University as an undergraduate student and graduated with an A.B. in philosophy in 2014.[4] In 2012, during a year off from Princeton, he was a contestant on The Voice, on CeeLo Green's team.[1] Six months later, he used the stipend from appearing on the show to fund his first trip to Kilis and the Turkish-Syrian border, to learn how to be a war correspondent.[5] Taub's work in Kilis culminated in his 149-page long senior thesis, titled "Fools and Philosophy on the Fringe of War", completed under the supervision of Gideon Rosen.[6]

In 2015, he graduated from the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism.[7]

Awards

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In 2017, Taub's work on war crimes in Syria,[8] which was supported by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting[9] and published by The New Yorker in both English and Arabic,[10] was short-listed for a National Magazine Award[11] and won the Livingston Award for International Reporting,[12] the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for International Print reporting,[13] and the Overseas Press Club Award for Investigative Reporting.[14] Taub also received the American Society of Magazine Editors Next Award for Journalists Under 30,[15] and was named one of the Forbes 30 Under 30 in Media.[16]

In 2018, his work on a convergence of crises in the Sahel[17] won the George Polk Award for Magazine Reporting[18] and the Prince Albert II of Monaco and United Nations Correspondents Association Global Prize for coverage of Climate Change.[19]

In 2019, his work on Iraq's post-ISIS campaign of revenge,[20] which was supported by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting,[21] won the National Magazine Award for Reporting[22] and the George Polk Award for Magazine Reporting, making him the eighth back-to-back Polk laureate, and the first in 20 years.[23]

In 2020, Taub won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing for the 2019 article "Guantanamo's Darkest Secret," about Mohamedou Ould Salahi, who was held at Guantanamo Bay without charge from 2002 to 2016.[24][25]

Bibliography

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  • Taub, Ben (June 1, 2015). "Journey to Jihad". A Reporter at Large. The New Yorker.
  • — (December 4, 2017). "The emergency : around Lake Chad, the world's most complex humanitarian disaster is unfolding". A Reporter at Large. The New Yorker. 93 (39): 46–57.[a]
  • — (April 22, 2019). "Guantánamo's darkest secret". The New Yorker.
  • — (January 20, 2020). "The fight to save an innocent refugee from almost certain death". A Reporter at Large. The New Yorker.
  • — (December 21, 2020). "Murder in Malta : corruption consumed a journalist's work, then claimed her life". A Reporter at Large. The New Yorker. 96 (41): 38–49.
  • — (September 20, 2021). "A spy in flight : how a Syrian war criminal and double agent disappeared into the shadows of Europe". A Reporter at Large. The New Yorker. 97 (29): 34–49.[b]
  • — (May 23, 2022). "In search of the sublime : what the photographer Paolo Pellegrin sees in the dark". Profiles. The New Yorker. 98 (13): 40–49.[c]
  • — (September 9, 2024). "Russia's Espionage War in the Arctic". A Reporter at Large. The New Yorker.[d]

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Notes
  1. ^ Online version is titled "Lake Chad : the world's most complex humanitarian disaster".
  2. ^ Online version is titled "How a Syrian war criminal and double agent disappeared in Europe".
  3. ^ Online version is titled "Paolo Pellegrin's photographic quest for the sublime".
  4. ^ Online version is titled "Russia’s Espionage War in the Arctic".

References

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  1. ^ a b "The Voice Inadvertently Helps Fund Journalism". The Intelligencer—New York Magazine.
  2. ^ Lippman, Ben (January 9, 2018). "BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Ben Taub, staff writer for The New Yorker". Politico. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  3. ^ "Ben Taub: The New Yorker". The New Yorker.
  4. ^ "Tiger of the Week: Journalist Ben Taub '14". Princeton Alumni Weekly. January 21, 2016. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
  5. ^ "From the Voice to the front lines of Syria". Matter Of Fact With Stan Grant. May 3, 2018. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  6. ^ Taub, Benjamin. Rosen, Gideon; Princeton University. Department of Philosophy (eds.). "Fools and Philosophy on the Fringe of War". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. ^ "Ben Taub '15 M.A. Politics | School of Journalism". journalism.columbia.edu. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
  8. ^ "The Assad Files". The New Yorker.
  9. ^ "Pulitzer Center: The Assad Files". The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.
  10. ^ "The Assad Files in Arabic". The New Yorker.
  11. ^ "ASME 2017 Finalists". American Society of Magazine Editors.[permanent dead link‍]
  12. ^ "The Livingston Award Winners 2017". Wallace House.
  13. ^ "2017 RFK Award Winners". Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights.
  14. ^ "2017 OPC Awards". The Overseas Press Club.
  15. ^ "2017 Asme Next Awards". American Society of Magazine Editors.
  16. ^ "Forbes Profile: Ben Taub". Forbes.
  17. ^ "Lake Chad: The World's Most Complex Humanitarian Disaster". The New Yorker.
  18. ^ "Long Island University Announces 69th Annual George Polk Awards". Business Insider.
  19. ^ "2018 UNCA Awards". United Nations Correspondents Association.
  20. ^ "Iraq's Post-ISIS Campaign of Revenge". The New Yorker.
  21. ^ "Pulitzer Center: Shallow Graves". The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.
  22. ^ "Ellies 2019: Reporting". American Society of Magazine Editors.
  23. ^ "2019 George Polk Awards". P.R. Newswire.
  24. ^ "Ben Taub of The New Yorker". Pulitzer Prize. May 4, 2020. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  25. ^ "Eilperin '92, Taub '14 win Pulitzer Prizes in Explanatory Reporting, Feature Writing". The Princetonian. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
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External videos
video icon Talks @ Pulitzer: Ben Taub on 'The Assad Files', Pulitzer Center
video icon 'The Voice' Contestant Used Show Money to Help Fund ISIS Reporting, Hollywood Reporter
video icon From The Voice to the front lines of Syria, Matter Of Fact With Stan Grant, ABC News
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