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
The GOP nominee won a higher percentage of the Massachusetts city’s vote in 2020
than any Republican since Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956
The city wants to recoup more than $500,000 in unpaid taxes from the store’s private owner
Massachusetts voters will pick new candidates for open seats in the state Legislature. There is also a contested congressional race and five statewide ballot questions
Paul Gauvin stepped down after receiving a vote of no confidence from the police unions
Kelly Furtado becomes the first woman in the city’s history to lead the department