Ben Ashwell

News Editor, Live Journalism @WSJ | Words @Guardian @LAReviewofBooks @inversedotcom @AdWeek and elsewhere | Former EIC @IRMagazine @CorpSecMag and others

[Ben Ashwell @benashwell]

Last Fall I found out that I can't have kids naturally, that I was essentially born with a natural vasectomy. I fell into a deep depression and, for a while, I felt that my life had very little meaning. I wrote about the experience of my diagnosis and surgery for @inversedotcom

[Sarah Sloat @sarah_sloat_]

It was such a pleasure to work with @benashwell to publish his essay charting what it was like to learn he couldn't have children naturally.

Through honesty, humor, and vulnerability Ben explains a part of infertility too often ignored. #longread https://t.co/BQhX40ywzj

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

Jane Goodall, renowned conservationist and primatologist, died at 91 years old, her institute announced. Goodall spoke at WSJ's Journal House in one of her last recorded interviews: “We can choose what sort of impact we make.”

Watch her interview: https://t.co/MljF2N68mu

[Ben Ashwell @benashwell]

@MilesKruppa @theinformation Congratulations Miles!

[Ben Ashwell @benashwell]

@aatilley Congratulations Aaron!

[WSJ Live Journalism @WSJLive]

Watch live: @federalreserve governor Christopher Waller speaks with @nicktimiraos at WSJ's CFO Network Summit in New York https://t.co/NWyaVL5KKy

[WSJ Live Journalism @WSJLive]

Watch live: Acting @SECGov Chairman Mark Uyeda speaks at WSJ's CFO Network Summit in New York https://t.co/BdT54c0hur

[Ben Ashwell @benashwell]

@girinathan Congratulations! Excited to read.

[WSJ Live Journalism @WSJLive]

Watch Live: @sffed President @marydalyecon speaks with WSJ’s @NickTimiraos at Tech Live about recent interest-rate cuts and the Fed’s view of the state of the economy https://t.co/t5IOAfHSlc

[Preetika Rana @Preetika_Rana]

Scoop: @GavinNewsom just vetoed SB 1047

He does plan to work on a more comprehensive AI bill next year https://t.co/AGj6wYqWPz

[Deepa Seetharaman @dseetharaman]

New from me: OpenAI’s shift to a for-profit business could deliver generational wealth for employees. But this shift to a potentially $150b company has triggered significant tensions behind the scenes, per people in and around the company.

https://t.co/XcyspmPnkh

[Nick Timiraos @NickTimiraos]

The Federal Reserve cut rates by 50 bps.

The median projection has two more 25 bps rate cuts in 2024, for a total of 100 bps this year.

Fed governor Miki Bowman dissented in favor of a smaller 25 bps cut. It's the first dissent by a *governor* since 2005.

[Ben Ashwell @benashwell]

All three seasons of @InTheDarkTNY are spectacular. I just finished season three and am in awe of @madeleinebaran @sfreemark and team. Please listen. This is exceptional investigative journalism, exceptional storytelling and exceptionally upsetting.

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

In 2005, U.S. Marines killed 24 people in Haditha, Iraq—men, women, and children. It became one of the most high-profile war-crimes prosecutions in American history, until it fell apart. The latest season of In the Dark asks: What happened? https://t.co/kWUNUlOCKw

[Ben Ashwell @benashwell]

I keep coming back to this story today. It’s a must read!

[Paul Beckett @paul4thepress]

Evan Gershkovich, Alsu Kurmasheva, Paul Whelan. Free. Amazing. #IStandWithEvan

[Ben Ashwell @benashwell]

The best news imaginable. Evan is free!

#IStandWithEvan

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

Breaking: Russia freed wrongly convicted WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich as part of the largest and most complex East-West prisoner swap since the Cold War https://t.co/MAPTNZ6Wdf

[Ben Ashwell @benashwell]

Please help us @WSJ to keep Evan Gershkovich visible. His conviction and sentencing is completely outrageous and unacceptable. Journalism is not a crime.

#IStandWithEvan #FreeEvan

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

🧵On March 29, 2023, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained in Russia for doing his job.

He was wrongfully convicted and sentenced to 16 years in a Russian prison today.

We’re offering resources for those who want to show their support for him. #IStandWithEvan 🧵
https://t.co/jeH7MCHUja

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

🧵On March 29, 2023, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained in Russia for doing his job.

He remains in a Russian prison.

We’re offering resources for those who want to show their support for him. #IStandWithEvan 🧵
https://t.co/ll83UMXlp5

[Rachel Humphreys @rachel_hump]

It began with a mysterious tip in 2016 and it ended with a President being found guilty of a crime for the first time in history.

On our podcast today: how the @WSJ uncovered the story that led to Trump’s conviction. With @joe_palazzolo + @coryramey https://t.co/9mK5TjJote

[Andrew Allen @AAllenSport]

Not everyone can be here today. #FreeEvan

[Ben Ashwell @benashwell]

@kashhill You’re welcome! It’s a great book. And thanks for the recommendation above!