Ben C. Solomon
@bcsolomon
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Senior Video correspondent, @WSJ Formerly @vicenews, @nytimes. 2015 Pulitzer winner. Email [email protected]
Joined September 2009
Latest piece for @VICENews: The Battle for Bakhmut. We spent two weeks inside this city at the center of the fight. Watch here: https://t.co/91jwU4pCrR w/@adamdesiderio @yeah_kochetova @subratade @Ipolso
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NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 Let us tell you a story about this young girl in Harry Potter shoes–an Argentine who was set to start 6th grade last summer when she was whisked onto a CIA jet with her mom Sophie didn’t know her family was Russian–or their place in a global shadow war
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Honored that our @WSJ reporting has been recognized with two Emmy nominations: for coverage of Sudan’s overlooked war and the lethal innovation of Ukraine’s drone pilots. Grateful to the teams and the people who trusted us with their stories.
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Our co-organised high-level panel “Freedom of media in conflict zones” highlights the tremendous work of journalists & human rights activists in their pursuit to bring truth from conflict zones to the 🌍 #PPF24 #EUForeignPolicy
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Don't miss this extraordinary short film by @bcsolomon from the front lines of Ukraine—where fast-evolving tactics have transformed a 20-year-old into "Darwin," one of Ukraine's deadliest drone pilots. https://t.co/j2UsCIhhBU
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The @WSJ piece on Ukraine drone warfare is incredibly well-produced — seriously one of the most immersive and well-crafted things l've seen. It does a great job at putting you right into the perspective of what the front lines is like for these drone pilots. The new age of
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Correspondent @bcsolomon interviewed “Darwin” one of the Ukraine’s deadliest drone pilots who fight against Russia. Darwin is just 20 years old. On the Front Lines With Ukraine’s Killer Drone Pilot | WSJ
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After more than a year of civil war in Sudan, as many as 150,000 people have been killed and millions have been forced from their homes. @bcsolomon gets a rare inside look at the ongoing conflict. Watch the full video: https://t.co/xV4lPiQE7r
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On the front lines of a war "without any rules, without any morality." This report by @bcsolomon is worth your time. https://t.co/W1MjCFEAiO
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Latest video report for @WSJ
Watch: After more than a year of civil war in Sudan, as many as 150,000 people have been killed and millions have been forced from their homes. @bcsolomon gets a rare inside look at the ongoing conflict. https://t.co/YV6jB1YdUT
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Ukrainian artillery teams have been working around the clock to try to slow Moscow’s advances. Troops say that they are outgunned —for each artillery round fired, Russia fires ten. Here is WSJ's @bcsolomon's latest from Ukraine --> https://t.co/EYANcxWcYX
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Congrats to @adamdesiderio, @bcsolomon, @yeah_kochetova, Drew Pattison and @thomson_craig with @VICENews & @Tubi for a Citation (runner-up) in the David A. Andelman and Pamela Title category for “City Under Fire: Inside the War in Ukraine.” https://t.co/dbfxMNxgYh
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Best international TV, video, radio, audio or podcast reporting showing a concern for the human condition AWARD YEAR: 2023 AWARD NAME: The David A. Andelman and Pamela Title Award 2023 RECIPIENTS:...
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Goodbye @Delta. After many loyal years watching prices climb, customer service decline, unusable points/promo systems and an overall inability to communicate, the last straw seems to be this insane, unobtainable points system. Given all of your failings, why would I stay?
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Our interview with @SpeakerPelosi
NEW @VICENews intv w @SpeakerPelosi on the stakes of US support for Ukraine: “Is there a limit to our defense of democracy…to stopping your immoral, illegal indecent invasion of another country? I dont think there’s any limit to our opposition to that.”
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A clip from our latest @VICENews & @SHOWTIME short doc from Eastern #Ukraine. We embedded with a small assault team on the outskirts of Bakhmut where the fighting continues to rage on. With @adamdesiderio & @yeah_kochetova.
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This week on #VICEonSHO, @bcsolomon meets with Ukrainian reconnaissance teams to learn more about the ongoing conflict with invading Russian forces. Streaming now on #ParamountPlus with SHOWTIME.
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Amazing report @julieturkewitz
Powerful reporting by @julieturkewitz about Afghans abandoned by the US who now fly to South America and journey through the Darien Gap in a desperate and dangerous effort to reach the US:
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Kyiv right now
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