About

Benjamin Gottlieb is an Emmy award-winning reporter and host based in Los Angeles, California.

He currently produces video and podcasts for Shopify. He is also an adjunct professor of journalism at Loyola Marymount University and Cal State University, Northridge, where he teaches broadcast reporting, recording and editing audio, podcasting and web design for journalists.

Previously, Benjamin spent 10 years in public radio, most of that time as a reporter and host for the NPR affiliate, KCRW Public Radio. He held down several beats during his time there, including small business and innovation, real estate, immigration policy and government accountability, among others.

His work has been featured in a variety of news outlets, including The Washington Post, CNN International, The Los Angeles Times, NPR, American Public Media (APM) and Public Radio International (PRI), among many others.

Benjamin has visited more than 40 different countries for both work and pleasure.

He has been awarded several reporting awards and grants, including from the Knight Foundation for “Religion Reporting in Northern India” and was a Korea fellow with the East-West Center in 2017.