Ben Werner Email & Phone Number

Laurel, Maryland, United States

Support the communications needs of Johns Hopkins APL’s National Security Analysis Department.

Brussels Metropolitan Area

Work appeared in The Brussels Times.

Annapolis, Md., And Washington D.C.

I wrote about the budget, policy, political, and cultural issues facing the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps., and Coast Guard.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

I Write about District of Columbia economic development issues. Coverage increases knowledge about Washington’s affordable housing crunch.

Haeundae-Gu, Busan, Korea

Contributor to The Big Smoke America, online platform acting as a stage for the voicing of varied, topical, and interesting opinions.Contributor to Dynamic Busan, an English language magazine based in Busan, writing about a Westerner's take on local food.

Norfolk, Portsmouth, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake

Covered Norfolk and Portsmouth public schools. Also wrote articles about the people, culture, businesses in the greater Hampton Roads area. Also contributed articles to the Pilot Media's Inside Business weekly publication

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Wrote articles about residential real estate development in the metro Washington, D.C. area, on a freelance basis.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Researched, composed, edited documents for the Directorate for Information Management and Chief Information Officer. I ensured directorate level correspondences, presentations, and other documents complied with agency and federal format guidance. Major projects included representing the directorate at agency-wide editors board meetings and being part of the planning team for the agency’s largest annual conference.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Researched, composed, edited documents for the Office of Personnel Security, in the Bureau of Diplomatic Security. Ensured office standard operating procedures complied with department and federal guidelines. Major projects included updating the investigative guidelines used by Department of State investigators around the globe.

Columbia, South Carolina Area

My beat included state economic issues, including the operations of South Carolina’s publicly traded companies, financial institutions, major bankruptcies, and the state’s hospitals. I wrote about interest rate hikes, corporate layoffs/expansions, the federal agencies regulating the business community, and detailed profiles of corporate successes and failures.

Savannah, Georgia Area

Beat included regional economic issues, including the operations of Savannah’s airport, commercial shipping port, wood products industry, other industrial employers, banking industry, and burgeoning high-tech industry. Also covered the Savannah Economic Development Authority, Metropolitan Planning Commission and local chamber of commerce.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

My beat included covering the city’s health-care and commercial shipping industries. I wrote about hospital finances, insurance companies, biotech research companies, and state/federal regulators. Also wrote about the major shippers.

Easton, Maryland

I wrote about local and state politics, such as town meetings, hearings and cultural events. Also wrote about the Chesapeake Bay’s environmental issues.