Benjamin Reeves
As seen in:
Medium,
Yahoo Finance,
VICE,
International Business Times (U.S.),
The Wrap,
The Sacramento Bee,
The Street,
The World from PRX,
McClatchy DC,
Los Angeles Review of Books
and
Covers:
Business, finance, economics, investing, philanthropy, wealth, impact investing, environment, conservation, technology, automotive, politics, entrepreneurship, leadership, sports, film, ESG, books.
Writer, filmmaker and journalist. Creator of @distantreaches. Journalism on business, politics, tech @worthmag @vice @tpm @ChiefExecGrp @lareviewofbooks etc.
Interview
What tools and software do you use to do your job?
OpenCorporates, PACER, LinkedIn, the telephone, etc.
What's your favorite social network?
Twitter, followed by LinkedIn.
What story are you most proud of writing or working on?
A feature I wrote about Tom Kaplan, founder and chairman of Panthera, and his quest to save the tiger.
What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?
Pay attention to the quality of your sources and information, the quality of your writing, and the goals of your story.
When's the best time to pitch you?
Weekdays, 9-5 (email is ideal).
What's the worst pitch you ever got?
"Decorative" college football helmet bluetooth speaker (with no story—pitch was just that it existed).
Aside from your own, what's your favorite publication to read?
The New Yorker
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