The Examination
Ben Hallman is an experienced journalist and editor currently serving as the Executive Director of The Examination, a startup nonprofit focused on global public health issues since January 2023. Previously, Ben worked as a Senior Editor at the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists from February 2018 to January 2023 and as the Deputy Editor at The Trace, where oversight of reporting on gun violence occurred from March 2016 to February 2018. Prior roles include Senior Editor for Projects & Investigations and Senior Financial Writer at The Huffington Post, as well as a Staff Writer at the Center for Public Integrity, and a Staff Reporter for The American Lawyer. Ben holds a Master's degree in Journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia and a Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature from Athens State University.
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The Examination is an independent donor-funded news organization founded with the understanding that information is a public health necessity, and that there is a critical deficit in information about preventable health crises responsible for more than a third of global deaths, and unimaginable human suffering. Our team of award-winning journalists is on a mission to help bridge the knowledge gap, delivering powerful, fact-driven reporting that demands positive change. We believe our reporting can play a vital role in improving lives — and even saving them. Each year, tens of millions of people get sick, or die, from maladies linked to toxic products, poor nutrition, pollution and other health hazards. These often-ignored health disasters are concentrated in poor and marginalized communities that can least bear the cost. Our reporting seeks to define, describe and even begin to close this health equity gap, through fact-driven, independent journalism that exposes those most responsible — and amplifies the voices of those most harmed. We cover big tobacco, big food, polluting industries and more.