Ben Casselman is an American journalist. He previously worked for ''

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'',

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, and is currently a business reporter for ''

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''.

Biography

Casselman graduated from

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in 2003. He started his journalism career at ''

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'' before joining ''

'', where he worked as a reporter from 2006 to 2013. He was a finalist for the 2011

Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting This Pulitzer Prize has been awarded since 1942 for a distinguished example of reporting on national affairs in the United States. In its first six years (1942–1947), it was called the Pulitzer Prize for Telegraphic Reporting – National. Li ...

and shared a Gerald Loeb Award for Large Newspapers for covering the

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. In 2013, Casselman joined

as the chief economics writer and senior editor. He joined ''

'' business news desk in 2017. He was nominated for a Gerald Loeb Award for Beat Reporting in 2021 for his work on the

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's impact on the American economy. He is an adjunct professor at the

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, where he teaches economic reporting.

References

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