Ben Hammersley
‘The ultimate cross-platform boy about town’ (Guardian), Ben Hammersley is the Editor-at-Large of Wired UK, a BBC foreign reporter and the coiner of the word ‘podcasting’.
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‘The ultimate cross-platform boy about town’ (Guardian), Ben Hammersley is the Editor-at-Large of Wired UK, a BBC foreign reporter and the coiner of the word ‘podcasting’.
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