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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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News Stories by Benjamin Payne

Fans of the Savannah Ghost Pirates cheer during a pregame ceremony at Enmarket Arena, shortly before the team took to the ice for their inaugural home game.

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  • Sports

All woo, no boo: Savannah Ghost Pirates sail to victory in ECHL hockey team's first-ever home game

Only one of two Georgia teams in the ECHL, the Ghost Pirates put on a clinic against the Greenville Swamp Rabbits from South Carolina, winning 5-1.

November 07, 2022
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  • Benjamin Payne
Savannah Mayor Van Johnson gives his 2022 State of the City address on Wednesday at the Savannah Cultural Arts Center in downtown.

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  • Politics

Savannah's mayor urges state to provide local workforce training ahead of Hyundai EV factory opening

Mayor Van Johnson also called on City Council members to act more civil toward each other, amid ‘infighting’ and ‘backbiting.’

November 04, 2022
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  • Benjamin Payne
Brandon Carter leads his “Savannah Dark History Tour” in downtown's Monterey Square. The Casimir Pulaski Monument is in the background.

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  • History

Anything but a ghost tour: Savannah Dark History Tour serves up frights through facts, not fiction

“Savannah has so much dark history that we don't need to make up any!” says Brandon Carter.

October 30, 2022
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  • Benjamin Payne
Dr. Miriam Rittmeyer speaking at the “World Polio Day 2022 and Beyond” summit in Geneva, Switzerland.

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  • Health

Savannah-based midwifery expert speaks at World Health Organization summit in Switzerland

Dr. Miriam Rittmeyer gave a talk on the Manchichi Program, which provides formal medical training to indigenous midwives in Guatemala and Panama.

October 26, 2022
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  • Benjamin Payne
More than a dozen officials participated in the ceremonial groundbreaking of Hyundai Motor Group's planned electric vehicle plant in Bryan County. Among them were (from left) South Korea ambassador to the U.S. Taeyong Cho, Hyundai chairman Euisun Chung, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter, and U.S. Senators Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff.

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  • Economy

Hyundai breaks ground on $5.5 billion, 8,100-job factory in Bryan County

The South Korean automaker is moving forward with construction, as it tries to resolve a federal tax credit dispute with the U.S.

October 25, 2022
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