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
Rhode Island environmental officials have been battling the spread of the sacred lotus at Meshanticut State Park for over a decade
After Providence police officers were filmed at the scene of an ICE arrest over the weekend, Police Chief Col. Oscar Perez held a press conference to defend his department’s actions
The hospital has closed about 40 psychiatric beds, according to its chief operating officer
Famiglietti, a personal injury lawyer who serves on North Providence’s town council, won more than 70% of the district’s votes in a four-way race
Massachusetts lawmakers are considering new legislation filed in response to an investigative series by The Public’s Radio that chronicled the lives of child laborers in New Bedford, the nation’s highest-grossing fishing port