Ben Russell is an Emmy Award-winning general assignment reporter for CBS 21 News.  He’s been with the station since July 2006.  You can watch his reports nightly on CBS 21 News at 10 on the CW15 and CBS 21 News at Eleven.

   Known for his demonstrative live reports, and active on-camera delivery, Ben tries to help viewers visualize the meaning behind the stories he reports.

   Among the news events Ben has covered: Pope Benedict’s visit to the United States, the Amish schoolhouse shootings in Lancaster County and the Sago Mine Disaster in West Virginia, as well as one-on-one interviews with former Presidential candidates John Kerry and John McCain during their respective campaigns.

   Prior to working in Harrisburg, Ben was an anchor and reporter for WDTV in Bridgeport, WV.  He started there as a part-time, weekend reporter seven months before graduating magna cum laude from West Virginia University’s Perley Isaac Reed School of Journalism.

   Ben has won numerous Associated Press broadcasting awards in both Pennsylvania and West Virginia.  In 2008, Ben won a Mid-Atlantic Emmy Award for “General Assignment Reporter,” in a region that encompasses all of Pennsylvania, as well as parts of New Jersey and West Virginia.