Ben Berkowitz

Head of News @Axios. Used to be: @Get_On_Hedgehog, @NBCNewYork, @Telemundo47, @CNBC, @Reuters, @AP, @AOL, @Fidelity.

[Ben Berkowitz @BerkowitzBT]

Not to be a broken record, but between wire issues, stuck bridges, and fires, this is the fourth time in the last week that NJ Transit has had hour-plus delays and/or suspensions in and out of NYC.

The World Cup starts next week.

[Morris & Essex Line @NJTRANSIT_ME]

(1 of 2) Due to Amtrak overhead wire issues in the Hudson River Tunnels, NJ TRANSIT rail service is subject to up to 60-minute delays into and out of Penn Station New York.

[Ben Berkowitz @BerkowitzBT]

Third time in the last six days that NJ Transit service has been suspended due to either a fire or a stuck bridge.

The World Cup starts in less than two weeks.

[Morris & Essex Line @NJTRANSIT_ME]

UPDATE: NJCL, Raritan, ACRL, Morris and Essex, Montclair-Boonton, Gladstone, Main, Bergen County, Port Jervis and Pascack Valley Line rail service is suspended in both directions due to fire department activity at the Rail Operations Center. Customers should visit https://t.co/QblOYQfYhD for available alternate service information.

[Ben Berkowitz @BerkowitzBT]

When you break news, others know it. @JakeWilkns and crew are integral in that effort.

[Jake Wilkins @JakeWilkns]

Not to mention, the sites considered Axios competitors have cited us in their reporting - checks internal data - 1500 times

We get why people are reading us, they're reading us too

[Ben Berkowitz @BerkowitzBT]

Our @Axios strategy is working.

* Less is more - fewer, smarter stories
* Leveraging subject matter expertise
* Curate audience, don't chase clicks

@nrothschild3 and team have been a huge part of that success.

[Neal Rothschild @nrothschild3]

What doubling down on talent like @BarakRavid will do:

Double-digit YoY growth, counter to industry-wide trend

https://t.co/UFzgwn3Ldg

[Jake Wilkins @JakeWilkns]

To be clear as clear as possible: @BarakRavid is the best reporter on the world's biggest story right now. Full stop.

He's broken the most news and not had to retract a single story.

[Ben Berkowitz @BerkowitzBT]

One of the most beautiful obituaries you will ever read.

A life well lived, and well remembered.

May his memory be for a blessing.

[Marc Caputo @MarcACaputo]

Philip Caputo wrote a best-selling classic about Vietnam, shared a Pulitzer for uncovering Chicago’s voting fraud, was captured by militants in Lebanon & shot by others, covered wars in Afghanistan to Africa, hunted big game & caught bigger fish

RIP dad

https://t.co/BS5tmUzdbB

[Alex Ward @alexbward]

The pile on @BarakRavid is wildly unfair and ridiculous.

He’s a great reporter. The rest is noise.

Everyone get back to work.

[Press Gazette @pressgazette]

Total Axios output in Q1 compared to the first quarter of 2026 was down 22% following a significant strategy change towards quality not quantity.

Page views were simultaneously up 30% and PVs per visitor were up 22%.

Head of news Ben Berkowitz explains the changes that paid off

[Axios Comms @AxiosComms]

💡 “Write fewer stories .. write the things that actually matter. Don’t chase clicks.”

“This is advice that has worked for @BerkowitzBT. Whilst running away from page views as a metric of success they have actually gone up for @axios.”

📰 @pressgazette:
https://t.co/xT9ipFGSvS

[Ben Berkowitz @BerkowitzBT]

And another thing I want to say about this too - you will never be more successful in your career than the times you show up in the newsroom in moments of crisis, without being asked, and simply say to the nearest editor "how can I help?"

[Danielle Decker Jones @djtweets]

Jumping in on holidays and after hours not because you have to but because you cover news can lead to peak career moments. Working with colleagues in trenches when news breaks is often the best part of the job. Journalism, like medicine, has wonky hours.
But if you can’t work hard *and* chill hard, then look for a company with a healthier culture.

[Ben Berkowitz @BerkowitzBT]

My entire career was built on exactly this. News doesn't sleep. If you're even slightly willing to accept and accommodate that, you will A) have a career, too and B) still have rewarding life experiences others can only dream of.

[Danielle Decker Jones @djtweets]

Jumping in on holidays and after hours not because you have to but because you cover news can lead to peak career moments. Working with colleagues in trenches when news breaks is often the best part of the job. Journalism, like medicine, has wonky hours.
But if you can’t work hard *and* chill hard, then look for a company with a healthier culture.

[Jim VandeHei @JimVandeHei]

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[Ben Berkowitz @BerkowitzBT]

RT @MarcACaputo: Trump just announced a ceasefire & paused his planned bombing campaign

This am, @BarakRavid & I reported there was a “gli…

[Axios Comms @AxiosComms]

If you turned on the news today, you probably heard one word on repeat: Axios.

@BarakRavid's exclusive interview with Trump was everywhere. We love a chorus.

[Axios @axios]

🚨 NEW on the premiere of The Axios Show: @howardlutnick tells @mikeallen that universities are the next target for the U.S. government to take a cut of revenues:

"If we fund it and they invent a patent, the United States of America taxpayer should get half the benefit."

[Amy Harder @AmyAHarder]

I’m (re)joining @axios as national energy correspondent! Excited to cover the future of energy, with a focus on AI + innovation — and to reunite with former colleagues. This feels like a homecoming and a new beginning. 🚀 More here: https://t.co/BgQHnKz2gy

[Axios @axios]

Veggie-flation strikes, with a warning for grocery prices https://t.co/pZuIzv32km

[The Ryan Gorman Show @RyanGormanShow]

'There's been bipartisan consensus for at least a decade that the BLS needed more staff, more money, more resources.' @BerkowitzBT joins @ryanegorman to explain what the Bureau of Labor Statistics does and why the jobs report is frequently revised. Listen here: https://t.co/4H5MBAtLpg

[Axios @axios]

This year, the difference in sentiment between high income and low income Americans is at its widest since Morning Consult began tracking the data in 2018. https://t.co/SR3v923aRx

[Ben Berkowitz @BerkowitzBT]

Sec. Lutnick with a number of #timestamp comments on trade this morning:

* Baseline tariff rates will be 10%, not higher
* Aug. 1 is a hard deadline for new tariffs
* The USMCA will be renegotiated next year

https://t.co/9A6pHYA0GC