You can find summaries of my career highlights and links to work I produced from some of the most significant events of my life and writing career. You can also view my full Online Writing Portfolio here.

I published this page May 25, 2025. If you have recommendations for more highlights to add to this page, please reach out to me at journalismbenge@gmail.com.

2026

• SPRINGFIELD NEWS-SUN: ‘In a class by herself:’ Northeastern powerlifter Sophie Paugh captures back-to-back state championships
• DAYTON DAILY NEWS: Dayton Dragons: Four-run 5th propels South Bend to 10-4 victory
• DAYTON DAILY NEWS: College baseball: Flyers beat Wright State 9-5 at Day Air Ballpark
• SPECTRUM NEWS 1: Dennis’ late bucket lifts Trotwood-Madison to D-III state championship
• SPECTRUM NEWS 1: Unbeaten Kettering Fairmont outlasts Cincinnati Princeton in OT to win state championship
• SPECTRUM NEWS 1: Dayton Chaminade Julienne outlasts Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary to win D-III state championship
• DAYTON DAILY NEWS: Boys basketball: Waynesville outlasts Versailles in double OT, advances to D-V regional final
• XENIA GAZETTE: No. 1 Wright State beats No. 10 Cleveland State 90-61 in Horizon League Championship First Round
• XENIA GAZETTE: Healy describes ‘special’ feeling setting new Carroll career scoring record

2025

• FAIRBORN DAILY HERALD: Kirby nets hat trick as Fairborn beats Wayne 5-1
• XENIA GAZETTE: Bellbrook tops Edgewood 14-10 in ‘huge’ SWBL test
• FAIRBORN DAILY HERALD: Fairborn beats Belmont 4-1 on senior night
• DAYTON DAILY NEWS: Greenon wrestler Naura Simison ‘excited’ about growth of girls wrestling after breaking Ohio single-season wins record
• DAYTON DAILY NEWS: 11-year-old Springfield golfer finishes fifth at Drive, Chip and Putt National Finals
  • My first feature published in print copy of the Dayton Daily News, my hometown newspaper.
• JACOB BENGE MEDIA: Live Posts: 2025 Opening Day in Cincinnati
  • My first Opening Day in-person. Coverage exclusively for Jacob Benge Media.

2024

• BUCKEYE HUDDLE: ‘Dominant’ Buckeyes Secondary Steals the Show at Spring Game
• THE ASSOCIATED PRESS: Cofer leads Grambling State past Montana State 88-81 in OT
  • I covered March Madness for a third-straight year at UD Arena in Dayton. This is my first of two NCAA Tournament stories for the AP in 2024.
• SPECTRUM NEWS 1:
  • I completed two freelance projects in March and December 2024 covering the OHSAA State Tournament Championships including Girls and Boys Basketball and Football. View the full portfolio here.

2023

• THE SOUTHERN OHIO PGA:
  • I completed five freelance projects from September to October 2023. View the full portfolio here.
• SATURDAY GLORY: Report: Michigan being investigated into alleged sign stealing
  • The first story in my coverage of the sign stealing scandal within the Michigan football program led by former staff member Connor Stalions.
• THE LANTERN: Men’s Basketball: Holden enters transfer portal after one season at Ohio State
  • My final published story as a student at Ohio State.
• April 2023: Recipient of the Robert. F. Wolfe Journalism Honor Medal during the Ohio State School of Communication Undergraduate Scholarship & Awards Ceremony.
• THE ASSOCIATED PRESS: Clark triple-double leads No. 10 Iowa over No. 2 Ohio State

2022

• THE LANTERN: Live: Football: No. 4 Ohio State vs. No. 1 Georgia
  • Live updates story from the Peach Bowl at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta for the College Football Playoff semifinal between No. 4 Ohio State and No. 1 Georgia.
• THE LANTERN: Hayden rushes for 3 TDs, No. 2 Ohio State fends off Maryland 43-30
• THE LANTERN: Football: What last season’s loss to Michigan means for Ohio State, look to overcome skepticism and be ‘tough’
  • This story received first place in Ohio’s Best Journalism Contest in 2023 from the 2023 Ohio SPJ Awards.
  • View the story digitally in print here.
• THE LANTERN: Football: Johnson’s go-ahead, first-career touchdown helps No. 2 Ohio State overcome No. 5 Notre Dame
  • The game story written after the season opener of my senior year at Ohio State.
• THE LANTERN: Football: Halftime speeches rallied Buckeyes to Rose Bowl comeback
  • A feature story from after the No. 6 Buckeyes’ 48-45 comeback victory over No. 11 Utah in the Rose Bowl.

2021

• THE ASSOCIATED PRESS: Ohio State ices out No. 1 Duke in final minutes, wins 71-66
  • Unranked Buckeyes men’s basketball beats top-ranked Duke in Columbus. This story was wired internationally and also picked up by outlets such as ESPN.
• RIVALS: Loss of Sermon, Davis zaps Buckeyes offense in National Championship
  • First story published on-site at College Football Playoff National Championship between winners Nick Saban and No. 1 Alabama and No. 3 Ohio State. Attendance that night on Jan. 11, 2021, was 14,926 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami.
• THE LANTERN: Positivity is Zed’s Key: How Ohio State Basketball freshman navigated his first semester amid pandemic

2020

• THE LANTERN: Three wrestlers pursue mastery of mat and degrees
• RIVALS: Dakich, Jackson discuss Buckeye memories, reuniting on court for TBT
  • My first published story part of my first internship as a student at Ohio State with Ohio State Rivals.com affiliate BuckeyeGrove.

2019

• THE LANTERN: Men’s soccer: Ohio State ends 17-match winless streak against UIC
  • My first published story on Sept. 1, 2019.

2015

• May 2015: One of four winners in eighth grade essay contest to lay a wreath on behalf of Fairborn Baker Middle School at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Washington, D.C.