Elizabeth Benjamin (journalist)
Elizabeth Benjamin (born c. 1972[1] ) is currently a managing director at Marathon Strategies, a communications and strategy firm in New York,[2] and was[3] a journalist with what was then Time Warner Cable News (TWCN), serving as the editor-in-chief of "State of Politics," a blog covering the politics of the state of New York, and as the host of the daily political news and interview show Capital Tonight . She was employed with TWCN's predecessor YNN and NY1, starting in 2011. Prior to this, she wrote a column for the New York Daily News , also covering state and city politics.[4] [5] Before her position at the News, she reported for the Albany Times-Union and blogged under its Capitol Confidential blog.[6]
Benjamin currently appears as a political pundit on radio shows such as WNYC's the Brian Lehrer Show and on TV shows on channels such as CUNY-TV and NY1; in addition to her regular blog for TWCN, she also serves as a semi-regular columnist for the online publication Capital New York .
In 2013, she married Steven Smith, spokesman for the Albany police department. The two had met at a news conference earlier that year. Smith, then training for his first-ever triathlon, was directed towards Benjamin, a past Ironman participant who has a tattoo from that event on her leg. They began training together and eventually dating. New York's chief judge, Jonathan Lippman, officiated at the ceremony, held in Poughkeepsie.[7]
Awards
[edit ]- 2009 Hal Hovey Award [8]
References
[edit ]- ^ Meares, Joel (November 22, 2010). "The Biggest Fish in Albany?". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved 2013年03月11日.
- ^ "Liz Benjamin". Marathon Strategies. Retrieved 2021年12月13日.
- ^ Campbell, Jon. "Capital Tonight, Spectrum News' New York politics show, has a new anchor". Democrat and Chronicle. Retrieved 2021年12月13日.
- ^ "New York Daily News - NY Daily News - New York Daily News". nydailynews.com. Retrieved 2020年10月06日.
- ^ "Paterson's Secret Tax Plan Leaked on a Particularly Bad Day - Slideshow - Daily Intel". Intelligencer. Retrieved 2020年10月06日.
- ^ "Elizabeth Benjamin". Capitol Confidential. Retrieved 2020年10月06日.
- ^ Reyes, Nina (November 17, 2013). "Their Finish Line Is Down the Aisle". The New York Times . Retrieved January 26, 2015.
- ^ "Governing Events". www.governing.com. Retrieved 2020年10月06日.