Ben Mathis-Lilley is an American journalist and the chief news blogger of ''

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'''s news section, The

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. He was formerly a contributor to ''Slate''.

Biography

Mathis-Lilley worked at ''

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'', where he began as an editorial assistant in 2004. While at ''New York'', his tasks included overseeing "The Approval Matrix," a feature humorously graphing multiple things in regards to two qualities. in June 2012, he was hired by

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, where he served as the website's sports editor until his firing in March 2014. He began contributing to ''Slate'' the same year.

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