Ben Berke

Reporter

Ben covers everything for Ocean State Media, as long as it’s a good story. His work appears across television, radio, social media, and our website. He joined the station in 2021 after a stint in newspapers, and now handles our metro beat in Providence. His assignments have taken our audience to jails, city halls, fishing boats, factories, museums, bakeries, environmental cleanup sites and a clambake.

Recently published
An experiment in participatory budgeting — a process where voters directly decide how to spend public money — got off to a promising start in Providence, until the entire staff working on the project was suddenly laid off
A settlement paid by Barletta Heavy Division, Inc. for using contaminated fill while constructing Rhode Island’s Route 6/10 Connector project will fund pediatric dental clinics that serve low-income families.
Fewer buses and lost night and weekend service have disrupted riders’ routines across Rhode Island, while saving the state about $4.4 million, according to RIPTA
More than a week after a shooter opened fire on their family at the Dennis M. Lynch arena, their father-in-law, Gerald Dorgan, succumbed to his injuries
The shooter had a flareup of domestic disputes with their family in 2020, but investigators say they are still searching for a ‘trigger event’ closer to the shooting six years later