Ben Smith is the Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Semafor. He was previously the media columnist for the New York Times and before that, the founding editor-in-chief of BuzzFeed News. He covered American politics for a decade at Politico, the New York Daily News, and other outlets, and launched a number of political blogs. Ben writes the 'Washington View' column for Semafor, aimed at helping readers understand the Trump administration as it seeks to remake the US government and American society and reshape everything from private enterprise to global trade.