Nationally recognized political commentator
A fixture on the national speaking circuit, Benson was named to Forbes magazine’s 30 under 30 law & policy list in 2015. The Huffington Post included him in its 2017 roster of the 25 top millennial broadcasters in American news and politics. That same year, he received the College Republican National Committee’s biannual Lee Atwater Outstanding Young Conservative award.
Benson served as a Media Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, and a Visiting Fellow at Harvard University’s Institute of Politics. His resume in media and politics features internships at the White House-during the second term of President George W. Bush as well as Fox News Channel in New York City. He wrote for National Review Online from 2006-2010. An avid sports fan, he covered Big Ten college athletics and Cape Cod League baseball during his on-air career. Benson was born abroad and spent much of his early childhood living overseas. He attended high school in New Jersey and graduated with honors from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. He currently resides in the Washington, DC area.