Ben Hunte

Biography

Ben Hunte is a CNN anchor and correspondent, hosting the CNN Newsroom from London and Atlanta, as well as working across CNN programming as a reporter, with a particular focus on social justice and LGBTQ issues. Prior to CNN, Ben was a senior reporter for VICE World News, investigating stories about LGBTQ people, race, and inequality from across the world, before that was the BBC’s first dedicated LGBTQ Correspondent, reporting on stories surrounding sexuality and gender, before becoming the BBC’s West Africa Correspondent.

Before moving into journalism, Ben worked as a Strategy Manager for Google alongside growing his YouTube channel, with over 100,000 followers. He left to become a full-time influencer and train as a journalist, starting his journey reporting for Channel 5 and ITV news, hosting shows on BBC Radio 4 and then a news anchor for BBC News Africa.

Ben is one of the UK's most recognisable LGBTQ broadcasters and his in-depth journalism led to several viral reports. His reporting exposed many issues including Poland’s ‘LGBT-Free Zones’, the government’s failure to record LGBTQ suicides, electric shock ‘conversion therapy’ and the rise of hate crimes during the pandemic. He is open about his own experiences as a Black gay man and is passionate about not only serving the LGBTQ community but educating those less familiar with the issues affecting the community.  Ben's track record of delivering agenda-setting, original journalism incorporates online, TV,  and radio. He has been named on both The Guardian and DIVA Magazine’s Pride Power lists and has won several awards for his journalism.