Ben Poston is a veteran journalist who has taught courses at USC Annenberg since 2015. He has worked as an investigative reporter at the Los Angeles Times and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. A three-time Livingston Award finalist, Poston has won several national awards, including a George Polk Award, a Gerald Loeb Award, two National Headliner awards and Sigma Delta Chi’s award for First Amendment reporting. A native of Springfield, Ohio, his reporting has driven local and statewide policy changes on issues such as criminal justice, housing and health care. Poston holds a bachelor’s degree in international studies from Miami University (Ohio) and a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia.