Ben Schachtman
News DirectorBen Schachtman is a journalist and editor with a focus on local government accountability. He began reporting for Port City Daily in the Wilmington area in 2016 and took over as managing editor there in 2018. He’s a graduate of Rutgers College and later received his MA from NYU and his PhD from SUNY-Stony Brook, both in English Literature.
He and his wife met and were married in Wilmington; they returned to the area after nearly a decade in New York City.
Your can reach him at Bschachtman@whqr.org and on Twitter @Ben_Schachtman
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Every week, WHQR news director Ben Schachtman sits down with The Assembly's Johanna Still, to talk about our joint newsletter, The Dive. For this edition, we take a look at a couple of local public relation wins. -
On this episode, we sit down with Scott Simon, longtime journalist and host of NPR's Weekend Edition to talk about the state of the news — plus highlights from Simon's remarks at the recent WHQR 40th anniversary luncheon. -
In part three of our ongoing series on the ins and outs of development, WHQR’s Ben Schachtman and Kelly Kenoyer discuss another controversial topic: traffic. -
The Cape Fear Business Alliance, an organization of small businesses, voiced their support for renewed legislative efforts to hold PFAS manufacturers like Chemours financially liable for the cost of clean water. By contrast, the North Carolina Chamber of Commerce has opposed the legislation. Wilmington’s Chamber, meanwhile, declined to comment. -
Every week, WHQR news director Ben Schachtman sits down with The Assembly's Johanna Still to talk about our joint newsletter, The Dive. For this edition, we’re talking about a personal essay we ran this week, written by a veteran New Hanover County high school teacher — who just quit the profession. -
Tomorrow, the Juneteenth Committee of Wilmington kicks off several weeks of events to celebrate the newest federal holiday in the United States — recognizing the date that news of the emancipation proclamation reached the last enslaved people in the country in 1865. -
In 2021, shooting at a downtown Wilmington high school shocked the community's conscience and sparked an unprecedented investment in efforts to combat community violence. Less than three years later, those efforts have sputtered out. Now what? -
Last month, district attorneys Jon David and Ben David announced new efforts they’re taking against illegal nightclubs in the Cape Fear region. WHQR News director Ben Schachtman and rural reporter Nikolai Mather discuss their unusual strategies. -
It's Day Two of the removal hearing for Pender County Clerk of Court Elizabeth Craver, who has been suspended from her position following a criminal indictment. WHQR's rural reporter Nikolai Mather is covering the trial in Burgaw. Here's his update. -
The Cape Fear Housing Coalition hosted a national expert on homelessness for its housing breakfast this year. WHQR’s Kelly Kenoyer and Ben Schachtman attended, and have the highlights.
