12-05-2025
Respected Capitol journalist joins Michigan Advance as senior reporter
Michigan Advance Senior Reporter Ben Solis
LANSING — Award-winning writer and editor Ben Solis has been named as senior reporter for Michigan Advance.
Solis, who has covered state and local government for nearly a decade as a former staff writer with Gongwer News Service and MLive, was a finalist for the Michigan Press Association Richard Milliman Journalist of the Year award in 2022 for his work covering Michigan's independent redistricting process. He was also named as best writer in the organization's 2016 Better Newspaper Contest.
'We are thrilled to have Ben join our team, and see his addition to our award-winning staff as the perfect enhancement of our Capitol coverage. Ben brings a wealth of knowledge and a keen journalistic eye to our newsroom, and we look forward to the insights and depth he will bring to our coverage,' said Michigan Advance Editor-in-Chief Jon King.
Solis replaces King as senior reporter, after King was named editor-in-chief in March.
Michigan Advance was founded in 2018 and was recently named the Michigan Press Association's News Media Publication of the Year for 2024, its second straight win. The Advance is part of States Newsroom, the nation's largest state-focused nonprofit news organization. The network reports on politics and policy from every capital, with coverage provided free of charge – without pop-ups, paywalls or ads.
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