Benjamin Max Gottlieb

Reporter, Producer, Host

Email: gottliebmedia@gmail.com
Phone: 818.642.1257
Web: http://www.gottliebmedia.com
Twitter: @benjamin_max

EDUCATION

University of Southern California University of California at Santa Barbara

Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism B.A. Global & International Studies, Class of 2009
M.A. Broadcast Journalism, Class of 2012 Minor in Professional Writing – Multimedia Program

EMPLOYMENT IN JOURNALISM

Oct. 2015-Present KCRW Public Radio

Dec. 2013-Oct. 2015
Aug. 2012-Nov. 2013
June-Aug. 2012
Sept. 2011-2014
May-July 2011
Feb. 2011-May 2012
Jan. 2011-May 2012
Jan. 2011-May 2012
Aug. 2010-June 2012
April 2009-Aug. 2010
June-Sept. 2008
Jan. 2006-June 2009
HONORS & AWARDS
Reporter/producer/host with a focus on state and local government, crime and the environment.
KCRW Public Radio
Producer for two public affairs programs, “To The Point” and “Which Way LA?” with Warren Olney.
KCET Public Television & KCET.com
Associate producer for KCET’s award-winning newsmagazine show, “SoCal Connected.”
The Washington Post
Reporter and web producer for the paper’s Foreign and National Security desks (internship).
InTheFray.org
Art Director for the online news magazine, which explores global issues through personal stories.
CNN International
Reporter and web producer in Hong Kong (internship).
Los Angeles Times Homicide Report
Contributing reporter for the paper’s multimedia project documenting homicides in Los Angeles.
Annenberg Radio News
Host for the award-winning radio program produced at the University of Southern California.
Eye on the Middle East Podcast
Creator and co-host of the Los Angeles Press Club award-winning podcast.
Annenberg Digital News (NeonTommy.com)
Executive Editor for the USC Annenberg School’s online student publication.
Santa Barbara Independent
Reporter for the award-winning alternative weekly publication in Santa Barbara, California.
Santa Barbara Daily Sound
Reporter for one of the two daily newspapers in Santa Barbara, California (internship).
Daily Nexus
University news editor for UC Santa Barbara’s student newspaper.

2017 East-West Center South Korea Fellow: “The Future of the US-Korea Alliance”
2017 Golden Mike Award, Finalist: Best Newscast, “September 14, 2017.”
2016 Los Angeles Press Club Awards, Arts & Entertainment: First Place for News, Radio/Podcast, “Remembering Prince”
2016 Los Angeles Press Club Awards: Second Place for Personality Profile, Radio “Steve Martin, the Art Curator”
2014 Los Angeles Press Club Awards: Third Place for News Feature, Television, “Dangerous Highs”
2013 Golden Mike Award: Best Hard News Series Reporting, “Family Ties”
2013 Los Angeles Area Emmy Winner: Best Public Affairs Programming, “SoCal Connected 5”
2012 Los Angeles Area Emmy Winner: Best Public Affairs Programming, “SoCal Connected 4”
2012 Los Angeles Area Emmys Nominee: Best Feature Segment, “Underground Shelters”
2012 Society of Professional Journalists Awards: First Place, Online News Reporting, “USC Shootings”
2012 Knight Grant for Religion Reporting, New Delhi, India
2011 Los Angeles Press Club Awards: First Place for Student Media Broadcast, Podcast or Stream, “Eye on the Middle East”
2011 Los Angeles Press Club Awards: Two Second Place awards for Online Investigative & Personality Profile
USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism Director’s Scholar, 2010-2012
2009 Model Arab League National Conference Award Winner – Second Place, Palestinian Affairs Council
California College Media Association Award — Best Feature Story of 2007, “Serving With the Surfriders”
Golden State Academic Excellence Award
Advanced Placement Scholar Award

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

Spanish (professional working proficiency), audio editing, engineering, field production and mixing (Adobe Audition, Dalet, Pro Tools), photo editing
(Adobe Creative Suite 5), video editing (Final Cut Pro), booking, public record scrubbing/requests (LexisNexis), web production (CMS, html).

References available upon request.