Robert HussemanSports editorBen is a 2010 graduate of the University of Oregon and started as a sports reporter at the News-Register in November 2010. Ben was a Snowden Intern at the Daily Astorian and has worked at several other local papers in Oregon. He was the sports editor for the University of Oregon newspaper during the 2009-2010 school year. He majored in journalism from the Robert D. Clark Honors College at Oregon. Ben grew up in Vernonia, Ore., and graduated from Vernonia High School in 2006.