Ben Calhoun

Infobox journalist
name = Ben Calhoun


caption = Image from Chicago Public Radio
birth_date = 1979
birth_place = Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
education = Oberlin College
occupation = Radio Journalist
gender = male
credits = Chicago Public Radio
URL = http://www.chicagopublicradio.org/Biography.aspx?bio=bcalhoun

Ben Calhoun (born 1978) is an American political reporter originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin who lives and works in the Chicago region of the United States. He currently works for Chicago Public Radio and is an adjunct faculty member in the Communications Studies department at Loyola University Chicago where he teaches "Community Radio Production." He has also performed various lectures at Northwestern University. He is best known for his work on Chicago Public Radio that airs nationally while having contributed to Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Eight Forty-Eight. Calhoun began his career in Chicago Public Radio as an unpaid intern during the summer of 2000. He attended Oberlin College, a private, highly selective liberal arts college in Oberlin, Ohio, where he was the Station Manager for WOBC, the student run and operated radio station on campus at Oberlin. Calhoun graduated from Oberlin in 2001 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English.

In 2005, Calhoun was awarded a major grant by the Illinois Humanities Council that allowed him to pursue his interests in documentary work. Additional support was provided by Chicago Public Radio, where he used the grant to direct, edit and curate an exhibition of audio and photo documentary work entitled "The Daily Meaning: Life Inside America’s Service Industries" that went on display at the Peace Museum on September 2, 2005. In 2006, the documentary was nominated for the Helen and Martin Schwarz Prize by the Illinois Humanities Council. Calhoun also served as the executive producer for a documentary entitled "A New Generation of Veterans" which was awarded second place for "Beat Radio Documentary or Series" by the Illinois Associated Press.

Currently, Calhoun assists with directing election coverage for Chicago Public Radio. He also recently appeared on an episode of the Week in Review with Joel Weisman on Chicago Tonight where he provided commentary on current political news. Even though much of Calhoun's work appears on Chicago Public radio where he focuses on politics and government, it has also been featured by National Public Radio, the BBC Radio, the CBC Radio, Radio New Zealand, as well as other syndicated programs including The World (radio program).

References

[http://www.chicagopublicradio.org/Biography.aspx?bio=bcalhoun] Biography for Ben Calhoun from Chicago Public Radio