Ben Holden teaches media law in the Department of Journalism at the University of Illinois College of Media and is a visiting faculty member at the National Judicial College. He was formerly an Associate Professor of Journalism and the director of the Reynolds National Center for Courts & Media at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR). The Center is an affiliate of the National Judicial College on the UNR campus. Holden's media consulting work includes assignments in the former Yugoslavia (Kosovo) on behalf of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and the U.S. State Department to aid judges, journalists and public information officers in developing professional press coverage of the courts. Previously, he was executive editor of the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer. He spent his daily news-reporting career at The Wall Street Journal, where he covered race and urban affairs and was eventually the National Utilities Correspondent.