This American Millennial Is Reporting From Vietnam

A native of Maryland and a journalist of the world.

It appears that Bennett Murray is a chip off the old block.

Murray, 27, is the son of political scientist and author Charles Murray, whose books have been credited for such lofty legacies as helping bring about the 1996 Welfare Reform Act. Since January, Bennett has been stationed in Vietnam as a correspondent for the Berlin-based German Press Agency (a.k.a. the Deutsch Presse-Agenteur). He was home earlier this summer in Burkittsville, Md., where he spoke to the Frederick News Post:

“The hardest thing I encounter is when people think I have the power to help them,” Murray said.

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