Ben C. Solomon

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. He was formerly an international correspondent for VICE News. He was the inaugural filmmaker-in-residence at Frontline 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.

Early life and education
Solomon graduated from Ladue Horton Watkins High School in 2006. Solomon attended DePauw University, where he majored in communications and minored in studio 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.

Selected awards

 * 2022: Prix Bayeux Grand Format Television Trophy: 2nd Place "The Fall of Kandahar"
 * 2022: News & Documentary Emmy Award Best News Coverage: Long Form, "Return of the Taliban"
 * 2022: News & Documentary Emmy Award Video Journalism, "Return of the Taliban"
 * 2019: News & Documentary Emmy Award Video Journalism, "Ebola in Congo"
 * 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