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Bryan Bender

Not to be confused with Brian Bender.

Bryan Bender (born May 18, 1972) is a communications executive and former award-winning national security reporter and editor who advises tech companies, nonprofits and research universities for SMI,[1] a Washington, DC, government affairs firm, and is an adjunct professor [2]at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University.

He is former senior national correspondent and defense editor for POLITICO,[3] where he authored the Morning Defense newsletter and edited POLITICO Space.[4]

He previously served as the Pentagon correspondent for The Boston Globe and Washington Bureau Chief for Jane’s Defence Weekly.

Bender has covered U.S. military and diplomatic operations in the Middle East, Europe, Asia, and Latin America, including the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and has reported on a range of topics such as domestic and international terrorism; the international arms trade; veterans affairs; military training; nuclear arms control;[5] the anti-war movement; the nexus between climate change and national security;[6] government secrecy;[7] and newly declassified government files on Cuba, Vietnam, the Kennedy Administration, and unidentified anomalous phenomena,[8] or UAP.

He is author You Are Not Forgotten,[9] the story of an Iraq War veteran’s search for a missing World War II fighter pilot in the jungles of New Guinea. He has also extensively covered the U.S. military ongoing search for missing personnel[10] from past conflicts.[11]

Bender is researching a book on the early political careers of John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon in the House of Representatives.[12]

Personal background edit

Bender is a native of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and attended the United Hebrew Institute in Kingston and Wyoming Valley West High School in Plymouth. He earned undergraduate degrees in Political Science and English Writing from the University of Pittsburgh.[13]

Professional background edit

In 1998, Bender was named the Washington bureau chief for Jane's Defence Weekly, a London-based magazine.

In 2007, Bender was a finalist for the Scripps Howard Foundation's Washington Reporting Award for an investigation into an Army cheating scandal.[14][15]

In 2011, he was a finalist for the Gerald R. Loeb Award for Distinguished Business Reporting for a probe into the growing role of retired generals and admirals in defense companies and as private consultants.[16][17]

In 2013, he was awarded the National Press Foundation's Everett Dirksen Award [18] for Distinguished Reporting of Congress for an investigation of the growing role of think tanks in partisan politics.

In 2023, he was the recipient of the European Press Prize for Investigative Reporting for an investigation into a global teenage network of neo-Nazis in collaboration with the German newspaper Welt.[19]

Bender serves as a member of the advisory board of Americans for Safe Aerospace, a non-profit advocacy organization led by military pilots that is dedicated to securing American aerospace and greater government transparency about UFOs.[20]

He is also former president of Military Reporters and Editors Association, the professional association for journalists covering the U.S. military.[21][22]

His work has also appeared in The New Republic, The New York Times,[23] Los Angeles Times,[24] Jane's Defence Weekly,[25] among other publications. He is also frequent television and radio commentator on national security and foreign policy topics.[26][27][28]

References edit

  1. ^ "Bryan Bender Joins SMI". strategicmi.com (Press release). January 17, 2023.
  2. ^ "Coursicle – Chat with classmates". www.coursicle.com. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
  3. ^ "Profile - Bryan Bender". politico.com. Archived from the original on 2019-05-08. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  4. ^ Bender, Bryan (2021-07-30). "POLITICO Space". POLITICO. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
  5. ^ "The Dangerous and Frightening Disappearance of the Nuclear Expert". POLITICO. 2023-07-28. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
  6. ^ Bender, Bryan (9 March 2013). "Chief of US Pacific forces calls climate biggest worry". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
  7. ^ Bender, Bryan (2022-08-23). "White House launches new war on secrecy". POLITICO. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
  8. ^ Bender, Bryan (2021-05-28). "How Harry Reid, a Terrorist Interrogator and the Singer From Blink-182 Took UFOs Mainstream". POLITICO. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
  9. ^ Bender, Bryan (May 20, 2014). You Are Not Forgotten. Penguin. ISBN 9780307946461. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  10. ^ "'Thousands of Men Have Come Home Because of Him'". POLITICO. 2023-01-27. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
  11. ^ Bender, Bryan (2021-12-04). "How DNA Solved One of the Final Mysteries of Pearl Harbor". POLITICO. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
  12. ^ "The Night Kennedy and Nixon Were Bunkmates". POLITICO. 2022-04-29. Retrieved 2024-02-28.
  13. ^ http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Bryan/Bender [self-published source]
  14. ^ "Scripps Howard Foundation: What's New". Scripps.com. 2008-03-07. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2011-02-05.
  15. ^ "Army Knew of Cheating on Tests for Eight Years | Common Dreams". Archived from the original on 2013-07-02. Retrieved 2013-05-22.
  16. ^ "2011 Finalist Bios | UCLA Anderson School of Management". Archived from the original on 2013-11-14. Retrieved 2013-11-14.
  17. ^ Bender, Bryan (26 December 2010). "From the Pentagon to the private sector". Boston.com.
  18. ^ "Bryan Bender".
  19. ^ Testi, Federica (2023-04-20). "The best European journalism of the year: The European Press Prize announces its 2023 Shortlist". European Press Prize. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
  20. ^ "Americans for Safe Aerospace". www.safeaerospace.org. Retrieved 2024-02-27.
  21. ^ "New chair of Joint Chiefs addresses MRE confab | Medill National Security Zone". Archived from the original on 2012-06-27. Retrieved 2013-05-22.
  22. ^ / "MRE for journalists covering the military". MRE - Military Reporters & Editors. January 5, 2024. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  23. ^ "CIA and the Pentagon urged to assess warming's effect on security (Published 2007)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2021-08-29.
  24. ^ "Archives". Los Angeles Times. 10 June 2001.
  25. ^ "Interview: William Cohen, US Secretary of Defense, by Bryan Bender".
  26. ^ "PoliticsNation with al Sharpton on MSNBC". NBC News.
  27. ^ "Bryan Bender, Nat'l Defense Correspondent, Boston Globe | C-SPAN". Archived from the original on 2012-07-05. Retrieved 2013-05-22.
  28. ^ "U.S. Spends Billions on Iraq, Afghan Conflicts". NPR.org.

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