Ben Stegner

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Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
School
Grove City College
Expertise
Windows troubleshooting, Jargon explainers, Scam breakdowns
  • Ben has written more than 1,800 articles over a 12-year career, covering every aspect of tech from OS explainers to new security threats to the latest gaming consoles.
  • He attended CES 2019 and 2020 to report on the coolest hardware releases, filtering through the noise and hype to show readers what's actually worth caring about.
  • He's built several desktop PCs and helps friends with computer problems regularly, working through the same issues he writes about in articles.

Experience

Ben began writing for MakeUseOf while he was still in college, becoming a full-time freelancer after a short stint in IT. Over 12 years, he took on a variety of roles, from Deputy Editor to Onboarding Manager and eventually Editor in Chief. He's as comfortable writing and editing himself as he is training people to build those skills. Now as a freelancer for Engadget News, Ben reports on the latest developments across the tech landscape. He covers emerging scams, exciting new phone launches, and software changes in his signature approachable style. Elsewhere on the web, Ben got his start with an independent gaming podcast called "A Secret to Everybody", and has written for Nintendo Life.

Education

Ben earned a Bachelor of Science in computer information systems from Grove City College, along with a minor in sociology.

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