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Benjamin Woodard

Reporter/Producer @benjamdub Contact

Benjamin Woodard is a Reporter/Producer covering Chicago's Far North Side.

A Pacific Northwest native, he joined DNAinfo Chicago after graduating with a degree in Visual Journalism from Western Washington University in Bellingham. Ben's photographs and stories have been honored with several accolades from the Society of Professional Journalists. His investigative reporting on a university administrator's questionable travel abroad and breaking news reporting on the drowning death of a student won national recognition.

After an internship at a daily newspaper north of Seattle in summer of 2011, Ben and his wife moved to Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood, where he launched RogersParkNews.com, a hyperlocal news site that quickly garnered a dedicated following in one of Chicago's most diverse neighborhoods.

Ben has picked up dozens of bylines in the Seattle and Chicagoland areas as a freelance writer, including for the Sun-Times Media Group, GateHouse Media and the Cascadia Weekly.

Fun Fact: Ben has logged many miles hiking in the Cascade Mountains back home in Washington state, where the peaks reach higher than the skyscrapers of Chicago's loop. At the peak of a mountain one summer, an unexpected thunderstorm thrashed Ben's overnight backpacking group. The Midwest may have big storms, but nothing compares to the shock and awe of a lightning bolt cracking through the air 10 feet from your head — 5,000 feet up.

Rogers Park & Edgewater »

May 15, 2015

The coffee spot only serves drip coffee and fresh-baked pastries, savory and sweet.

Downtown, South Loop & River North »

May 14, 2015

DNAinfo Radio offers the story behind the story, told by the reporters in Chicago's neighborhoods. 

Rogers Park & Edgewater »

May 14, 2015

The restaurant underwent major changes to make room for the former Edgewater grocer.

Logan Square & Humboldt Park »

May 14, 2015

A brewery, distillery and more are being considered for vacant industrial buildings in Avondale.

Rogers Park & Edgewater »

May 14, 2015

There is virtually no footage of Washington Park or Woodlawn, the neigborhoods vying for the library.

Rogers Park & Edgewater »

May 13, 2015

Rapper Young Pappy held a mixtape release at the home that ended with a 5-hour police standoff.

Rogers Park & Edgewater »

May 13, 2015

FLATS Chicago sued Three Corners Development over the use of the name.

Downtown, South Loop & River North »

May 12, 2015

DNAinfo Radio offers the story behind the story, told by the reporters in Chicago's neighborhoods.