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Jeff Benjamin is an award-winning music and travel journalist, editor, curator and host based in New York City. In addition to his writing, his expertise on pop music—particularly in international music and his specialty as an expert in K-pop (Korean pop)—has been featured in and commissioned as a source for outlets like the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, CNN, The Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Bloomberg, TIME, NBC News, BBC, Allure, VICE, Forbes, Pollstar, MTV, Money, NPR, The Fader, Yahoo!, CBC, The Korea Times, The Korea Herald and many more.

The Harlem journalist has made on-air appearances and hosted segments for CNN, Billboard, ABC News, CBS, NBC, Good Morning America, Time, E! News, Inside Edition, FOX, BUILD Series, Entertainment Tonight, Variety, Cheddar, NY1, Extra, Arirang TV, Open Forum and more. He has spoken on radio and podcasts for the New York Times’ ‘Popcast’ podcast, WNYC, NPR’s ‘Here & Now’ and ‘All Things Considered,’ Billboard’s Must-Hear Music podcast, Barstool Sports, Kairos Music Group’s Talkback On! and more.

Jeff has been asked to share his expertise as an expert, journalist and consultant to speak at local and international events including SXSW, Comic-Con, and KCON in the United States, MU:CON, the Culture Communication Forum, the Korea Foundation’s Public Diplomacy Week and MBN Y Forums in South Korea, MIDEM in France, and more.

As of Summer 2019, he is currently acting as the international correspondent for We K-Pop, a K-pop variety show filmed in South Korea by KBS World airing weekly to more than 100 million viewers in 120 countries worldwide. His weekly segments include an in-depth analysis of that week’s guest as well as a featured “Jeff’s Pick of the Week” and analyses of artists rising on the K-pop scene. For the 2020 season, in the era of COVID-19, We K-Pop re-branded as We K-Pop Friends to make K-pop fans’ wishes come true remotely, with Jeff adding segments of analysis on each week’s guest.

In January 2020, Jeff was recognized with his first award as a journalist. The Corea Image Communication Institute (CICI) named him the winner of The Korea Image Stepping Stone Bridge Award for “his contribution to introducing K-pop artists to the world, becoming a bridge between the artists and the global audience.”

By the end of the year, his expertise expanded into the industry including earning his first credit as a producer and consultant for the single release and music video for K-pop boy band A.C.E’s “Fav Boyz (Steve Aoki’s Gold Star Remix)” with Thutmose. Released on January 8, 2021, the track entered Billboard‘s Dance/Electronic and World charts and the music video earned more than 1 million views in its first month.

In 2021, Jeff’s work officially grew to the streaming and tech industry working as TIDAL’s K-Pop Editor to handle all K-pop content including curation, playlisting, programming, editorial, live opportunities and content. Within months, Jeff began to take lead on high-fidelity audio listening experiences (including curating content in Dolby Atmos and Sony 360 Reality Audio) and viral content (taking charge of the Viral Hits playlists). As well, he launched the New Arrivals: Global Pop playlist to highlight trending music around the world.