Benjamin Cohen
Benjamin Cohen
Benjamin Cohenis a journalist based in London. He became known for his dot.com enterprises as a teenager and for a dispute with Apple computers over the domain itunes.co.uk. From 2006 until 2012 he was technology correspondent for Channel 4 News in the UK. Cohen has a diagnosis of MS. He campaigns on gay and disabled rights and is now the Chief Executive of PinkNews, and regularly writes for the London Evening Standard...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth14 August 1982
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It was then I realised there wasn't really a site out there that catered for the Jewish community in the UK. So I thought I'd create one.
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The first profile piece on myself came about after my Rabbi sent information to the Jewish Chronicle on what I was up to. The story was then picked up by one of the nationals and things grew from there.
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