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Evan Benn

Philadelphia
Covers:  restaurants, food, chefs, beer, dining trends, craft beer, news, breaking news, miami-dade county, miami
Senior Director of Special Projects & Communications @phillyinquirer. Alum: @miamiherald, @stltoday, @yorkdispatch, @medillschool. ebenn@inquirer.com

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Benn wrote his first front-page newspaper story at age 12, as an intern at his hometown paper, The York (Pa.) Dispatch/Sunday News. He graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism in 2004. Benn worked for five years as a Metro reporter at The Miami Herald, covering cops, hurricanes and other breaking news. In 2009 he joined the St. Louis Post-Dispatch as a features writer and editor. He soon picked up the beer beat and in 2012 became the paper's food critic. Benn rejoine…

Society of Professional Journalists Award

2006 - Florida Young Journalist of the Year

Society of Professional Journalists Award

2008 - Florida Young Journalist of the Year

Associated Press Managing Editors

2003 - Pennsylvania's Most Promising Journalist