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
Mayor Jon Mitchell said the presidency has a four-year term but “the runway for climate change is a much longer one,” suggesting future presidents may revive support for the offshore wind industry
For the state of Massachusetts, UMass Dartmouth’s Star Store campus was expensive and short-lived. For New Bedford politician John T. Saunders and his relative who still owns the property, it was a windfall
2,483 people visited the Whaling Museum for the annual event, arriving from 37 states and countries as far away as Australia, Brazil, and Sweden
The new bridge would take less time to open and close for boat traffic than its 120-year-old predecessor, but a preliminary design revealed last week has left many uninspired