Ben Cohen is a summer intern at the Nieman Journalism Lab. He is a rising senior at Duke University, where he is an English major pursuing a certificate in policy journalism and media studies. He recently wrapped up his one-year term as sports editor of
The Chronicle, Duke’s independent student daily, covering all news related to Duke athletics and launching and maintaining the newspaper’s most popular blog, and will be the co-editor of the newspaper’s magazine this year. He is currently an editorial intern at
Deadspin, Gawker Media’s sports blog. He has an undying affection for Gmail, spends far too much time on Google Reader and considers himself tethered to his BlackBerry and thinks The Office is the funniest show on television.