Ben Reininga is Global Vice President of Audio, Video and Social at Politico, leading teams in the U.S. and Europe to expand the organization’s journalism to reach new audiences.
He’s also an affiliate at the Berkman Klein Center, where he’s continuing his work on the rise of creator journalists on social platforms, identifying responsible ways to harness growing audience interest while maintaining credibility. He’s held fellowships at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard as well as at HKS’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy. I
n prior professional roles, he spent five years as the global head of editorial at Snapchat, where he led a team focused on creating high-quality content for tens of millions of users. He built partnerships with major news outlets like The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, NBC, The Guardian, Axel Springer and others; set policy to ensure accuracy and credibility; and launched products to create better ways for users to get news and information. Reininga previously led a 50-person video team at Gizmodo Media Group and held managing roles in the newsrooms at NowThis News and Refinery29 among other outlets. He holds a BA from Columbia University in Comparative Literature and lives in Brooklyn with his husband and their tiny dog.
