Benjamin Hall

Benjamin Hall (born 23 July 1982) is a British journalist who serves as a State Department correspondent for Fox News Channel and is based in Washington, D.C. He joined the network in July 2015. Early life Hall grew up in London, as a dual citizen, holding both US and UK passports. He studied at Ampleforth College, City of London School, and Duke University, and received a BA from Richmond University, London. He received a post graduate diploma in television journalism from the University of the Arts, London. Career Hall began his career as a journalist focusing on the Middle East. Since 2007, he has written from the front lines for The New York Times, The Times of London, The Sunday Times, The Independent, The BBC, and other outlets, often as one of the first journalists on the ground. Hall has traveled to Syria and Iraq, repeatedly filing dispatches for BBC Radio and Agence France Presse, as well as the aforementioned publications — often from behind enemy lines and embedded with rebel and regime troops.