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Benjamin Payne

Benjamin Payne
Savannah Reporter
News Reporter

Benjamin is the Savannah-based reporter for GPB, where he covers Coastal Georgia.

Prior to coming to Savannah, he freelanced in Bellingham, Washington, for public media outlets including NPR, Marketplace, and PRX. Previously, Benjamin hosted Morning Edition for WVIK, his hometown NPR member station in Rock Island, Ill. Before that, he served a news internship with NPR member station WBEZ in Chicago.

Benjamin is a graduate of the University of Nevada-Reno's journalism master's program, and earned his undergraduate degree in journalism from Augustana College in Rock Island.

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An aerial view of Sea Island, a privately owned luxury resort enclave next to St. Simons Island in Glynn County.

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  • Law

Sea Island Resort in Georgia sued by former worker alleging she was fired because of her pregnancy

The plaintiff wrote that she was forced to leave her onsite housing and rendered “effectively homeless.”

June 24, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
A 2024 Hyundai IONIQ 5, photographed in downtown Savannah.

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  • Business

Hyundai reveals which EV model will be first off assembly line at Georgia factory in Bryan County

Bryan County's $7.6 billion Metaplant is expected to begin production of the vehicles in the fourth quarter of 2024.

June 18, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
The fountain features a sculpture representing Flora, the goddess of flowers and flowering plants.

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  • Art & Design

‘Savannah's beauty is our duty’: New fountain honors influential gardener in Georgia's oldest city

‘The Garden Keeper’ is the Ardsley Park neighborhood's first public fountain.

June 17, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
An archival photo of Savannah's Forsyth Park fountain circa 1902 is displayed on a new vinyl laminate covering around a traffic light cabinet at the intersection of Whitaker and Gaston Streets.

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  • Art & Design

Savannah spruces up street corners with graffiti-resistant vinyl wraps adorned with archival photos

Some traffic light utility boxes now sport easy-to-clean vinyl coatings, decked with a blast from the past.

June 12, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling delivers a pitch at Fenway Park in 2006.

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  • Sports

Savannah Bananas to play at Fenway Park on Saturday, in team's first game at famed Boston ballpark

The sold-out matchup will be live-streamed, with first pitch set for 7 p.m.

June 07, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
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