Ben Smith
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Ben Smith is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Semafor. Before Semafor, he was a media columnist at The New York Times and the founding editor-in-chief of BuzzFeed News from 2012 to 2020. Earlier in his career, he covered American politics for more than a decade at Politico and the New York Daily News, among other outlets, and launched a number of political blogs.
Updated 7 September 2026
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