Ben Goldberger, Staff Writer/Digital Media Editor

Ben Goldberger is a staff writer and the digital media editor at the Chicago News Cooperative. Previously, he was founding Chicago editor of The Huffington Post, where he launched the first local edition of the news and opinion Web site. Under his direction, Huffington Post Chicago delivered breaking news and analysis of the 2008 presidential election, the Blagojevich impeachment and the 2016 Olympics bid. Earlier, Goldberger was a reporter at the Chicago Sun-Times and an editor of the paper’s weekly opinion section, Controversy. He also has written about politics for Chicago Magazine.