Ben Schamisso

Ben Schamisso

Ben Schamisso

Reporter

Ben Schamisso is a reporter focused primarily on global affairs and immigration. Born and raised in Belgium, Ben's international upbringing aids in his storytelling. Prior to joining Scripps News in 2016, he was the lead videographer for Belgium's most prestigious soccer team and a producer for the Chicago Tribune. He earned his master's degree in broadcast journalism at Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism in 2012. Want to chat with him about immigration and foreign policy? Well, you're in luck — he speaks three languages.

Recent Work
Dr. John Kahler (left) visiting the pediatric unit of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza.

US doctor recounts 'heartbreaking' mission for kids in northern Gaza

Michael Corey Jenkins, right, stands with his mother Mary Jenkins

Mississippi deputies get lengthy sentences for torture of 2 Black men

Ramon A. Lopez, left, and Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, right.

2 Latino Dems fight for Illinois House seat, clashing over immigration

A pie with a pi symbol ready to be baked

Like infinite digits of pi, there are endless ways to celebrate Pi Day

Someone testing water in the Great Lakes

Warm temperatures have left Great Lakes almost ice-free

The iconic Detroit-style pizza

From Motor City to mainstream: Why is Detroit-style pizza trending?

Pages from the United Healthcare website are shown.

Hackers in Change Healthcare attack receive $22M in alleged ransom

Soldiers guard the entrance of the international airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Gangs in Haiti attack airport, overrun prisons and free convicts

Families of U.S. citizens taken hostage by Hamas.

Families of US hostages in Gaza hold out hope for imminent release

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump pumps his fist.

Trump appeals decision to hold him off Illinois ballot

A 'Listen to Michigan' volunteer at a phone banking event in Detroit calling voters and urging them to vote uncomitted

Michigan activists urge Dems to vote against Pres. Biden in primary

18-year-old Borak Alagha and 20-year-old Hashem Alagha.

Family seeks answers a week after 2 US citizens taken by IDF in Gaza

Dr. John Kahler examining a Palestinian child in Rafah, Gaza.

Chicago doctor describes heartbreaking scenes in Rafah, vows to return

This image released by Animal Planet shows referee Dan Schachner with participants of the annual "Puppy Bowl."

Puppy Bowl turns 20: Meet the pups and the 'rufferee' making history

Lead volunteer Jessica Leving Siegel sorting through donation inside the Wilmette train station

Residents in Chicago suburbs mobilize to aid dropped-off migrants

Groundhog Club handler A.J. Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil.

Punxsutawney Phil makes his 2024 Groundhog Day prediction

Groundhog Club handler A.J. Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil

Will we see 6 more weeks of winter or an early spring?

Dr. Zaher Sahloul, president of MedGlobal, on a recent medical mission in Gaza.

After Gaza medical mission, a US doctor shares harrowing account

Andrew Silberman.

IDF reservist opens up about Gaza deployment

Nurete Brenner at a protest

Mothers of IDF soldiers build a new anti-war movement

A migrant child putting on a jacket

Chicago migrants get winter respite at a volunteer-run donation center

Hersh Goldberg-Polin

US hostage's mother urges public to mark his 100th day in captivity

Jean Carlos Martinez Rivero is shown.

Alarm over shelter conditions as 5-year-old migrant dies in Chicago

Ella Ben Ami holding a poster of her missing dad while returning to her Kibbutz 75 days after it was attacked by Hamas.

She escaped Hamas on Oct. 7. Now she's fighting to rescue her dad

Elaine Pierce hangs out with her guests.

Woman with terminal breast cancer opens Chicago home to migrants

Yair Moses and his mother Margalit after she was released

Son of elderly hostage held in Gaza hopes for a Hanukkah miracle

Immigrants during citizenship ceremony

Immigration naturalization ceremonies on the rise after COVID-19 delay

A Stern Pinball machine

Inside the world's largest pinball factory in suburban Chicago

Nurse Rajaa Musleh

'It was like a nightmare': Gaza nurse on evacuating Al-Shifa Hospital

Walt Disney and his sister Ruth

House of the mouse: Chicago showcases the birthplace of Walt Disney