Ben Simmoneau Joins WCVB As Anchor-Reporter

Veteran journalist, Ben Simmoneau, will join Hearst’s ABC affiliate WCVB Boston (DMA 8) as an anchor-reporter. He and will anchor NewsCenter 5 at 5PM with co-anchor J.C. Monahan as well as The 10 O’Clock News on MeTV Boston with co-anchor Maria Stephanos beginning Wednesday, July 6.

Joining WCVB marks a return to Hearst Television for Simmoneau who began his career at WGAL, the Hearst-owned NBC affiliate in Harrisburg-Lancaster, Pa. Simmoneau comes to WCVB from WNYW New York where he worked as a weekday morning anchor since June 2013.

Prior to joining Fox, Simmoneau spent five years as an anchor and investigative reporter for KYW, the CBS O&O in Philadelphia.

Simmoneau is a three-time Emmy winner who has also been honored twice with an Edward R. Murrow award — once at WGAL for investigative reporting and once for his role as part of the team at KYW which won for station excellence. Simmoneau’s coverage of the 2006 mid-term elections earned him a Walter Cronkite Award from the University of Southern California for excellence in political journalism.

Before graduating from Ithaca College with a journalism degree, Simmoneau worked for Chris Matthews as a researcher on his bestselling book American: Beyond Our Grandest Notions.