Todd Bensman has worked as a newspaper, television and magazine journalist for more than 20 years, domestically and overseas. He currently works as an investigative projects reporter for Hearst Corporation’s The San Antonio Express-News, earning recognition for versatile work ranging from government corruption to border security. He is always receptive to story ideas, credible tips and feedback, and you can contact him confidentially at email addresses provided below.

From 2003 to early 2006 Bensman served as a staff investigative producer for the CBS-owned Dallas, Texas station, KTVT-11, earning a variety of awards for his reporting on government corruption and ineptitude.

Prior to that Bensman worked for nearly ten years as a staff reporter for The Dallas Morning News. He joined the paper in 1993 and in his last years covered federal law enforcement agencies with an emphasis on counterterrorism after 9-11. He was often dispatched to cover national stories such as the Columbine school shootings and the Space Shuttle Colombia crash. After being awarded one of the first International Reporting Project fellowships (formerly Pew...), he reported from Angola, Namibia and South Africa.

For nearly three years, from early 1991 to late 1993, Bensman worked abroad as a freelance correspondent. From Israel, he reported on the Gulf War for United Press International, covering scud missile attacks on Tel Aviv, violent anti-U.S. demonstrations in Jordan and refugees in Egypt. From there, he moved to Eastern Europe to cover events related to the collapse of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia.

For 10 months, Bensman covered combat in Croatia and Bosnia, often from the besieged capital of Sarajevo. He reported on the war for USA Today, The Canadian Press, The St. Petersburg Times, The Houston Chronicle, The San Francisco Examiner and other publications. From Prague, he produced work ranging widely from the peaceful breakup of Czechoslovakia and Hungarian nationalism, to economic pain in Ukraine and a month covering the short, vicious war in the former Soviet republic of Moldova.

In 1989, he worked for The Anchorage Times in Alaska, covering the city government, volcanic eruptions, avalanches and the occasional grizzly bear attack. He began his journalism career in Arizona in 1987 with a stint at The Mesa Tribune after graduating from Northern Arizona University with a B.S. degree in journalism. He is currently completing his thesis for a master’s degree from the University of Missouri’s School of Journalism.

Bensman lives with his wife and two children in San Antonio, Texas.

He is available to work on a freelance basis for television and magazines and has recently co-produced for HD Net’s Dan Rather Reports and  published original stories or adaptations of his reporting in D Magazine and other publications. Bensman has discussed his stories before groups and on national television and radio programs, including The O’Reilly Factor, The McLeher News Hour and National Public Radio.

TO CONTACT TODD WITH A STORY IDEA, ASSIGNMENT OR INVITATION TO DISCUSS HIS WORK, email: todd.bensman@gmail.com, or tbensman@express-news.net