Tom Benner Email & Phone Number

Princeton, NJ, US

Singapore

Singapore correspondent at Al Jazeera English. Copy editor/fact checker at Forbes Asia. Columnist at Mainichi Weekly, published by Mainichi Shimbun. Editor, N3 (New. Now. Next) Magazine. Bylines in Al Jazeera English, Christian Science Monitor, Nikkei Asia, Global Post, the Atlantic, the Straits Times, Today, Japan Today. Writing coach, journalism.

Singapore

Freelance copy editor and fact checker for Forbes Asia.

Singapore

Editor-in-Chief, N3 Magazine, the official magazine for the New. Now. Next Media Conference hosted by the Asia chapter of the Asian American Journalists Association. Issue 3 published May 2018.

Singapore

Freelance reporter for Al Jazeera English.

Tokyo, Japan

I wrote a monthly column on life in Singapore for Mainichi Weekly, a publication of the Japanese newspaper Mainichi Shimbun. A sampling of my columns are here, https://thomasbenner.com/mainichi-weekly/

Singapore

Co-authored book on the college's 25 years in Singapore and its contributions to the early childhood education sector.

Singapore

Editor of Living in Singapore Fourteenth Edition Reference Guide, a biennial reference book published by the American Association of Singapore.

Tokyo

One of six international journalists invited to participate in the inaugural Dateline Tokyo journalism program, designed to encourage reporting from the world’s most populous metropolitan area as it prepares for the 2020 summer Olympics. Hosted by the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.

Cambridge, Mass.

Edited fortnightly newspaper covering homelessness and related news and policy issues in the Greater Boston area. Managed paid and volunteer staff, oversaw news coverage, led social media efforts, and reported and wrote news stories and editorials. Created ad campaign and an e-letter to promote contents of each new issue of the paper. The mission of the.

Boston

Taught an undergraduate journalism course, Beat Reporting Across Media, a class in multimedia reporting. Each student covered a part of Boston and reported news stories in traditional print, audio and video formats.

Shaped and implemented private non-profit research center’s media strategy and helped expand the organization's impact on statewide public policy debates. Was responsible for web site design and contents, electronic communications and social media. Edited publications for external release.

Taught undergraduate course to journalism majors.

Reported on state and legislative issues, government and elections for daily newspaper. Wrote editorials reflecting editorial board opinions.

Wrote editorials for daily newspaper. Solicited opinion pieces and edited columns from local writers. Chose and prepared for publication letters to the editors. Designed and paginated opinion pages.

Covered New Jersey Legislature, courts, breaking news, and features

B.A., Liberal Arts

Activities and Societies: Editor-in-Chief, the Argo student newspaper

Diploma