{"id":122815,"date":"2026-03-02T05:00:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T10:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/benjamin-hall-the-hedgehog-i-took-to-war-and-the-journalist-hes-become-122815"},"modified":"2026-03-02T05:00:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T10:00:16","slug":"benjamin-hall-the-hedgehog-i-took-to-war-and-the-journalist-hes-become","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/benjamin-hall-the-hedgehog-i-took-to-war-and-the-journalist-hes-become-122815","title":{"rendered":"BENJAMIN HALL: The hedgehog I took to war — and the journalist he’s become"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This week is a special one for me. My first children\u2019s book<\/a>, “Read All About It!” comes out, and I\u2019m immensely proud of it.<\/p>\n

I wrote it because I\u2019m a father of four daughters and because I\u2019m a journalist. I wrote it because I look at the world they\u2019re growing up in, and I keep thinking one thing over and over:<\/p>\n

We have to teach our children how to find the truth \u2014 and in this world, that is more difficult than ever.<\/p>\n

Social media gives everyone a voice, and yes, sometimes it\u2019s a gift, and sometimes it\u2019s the fastest way to get information from people close to the story.<\/p>\n

MORNING GLORY: LEGACY MEDIA DIDN\u2019T LOSE READERS, IT DROVE THEM AWAY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

But it\u2019s often half-truths, reused and recycled, with people “reporting” on subjects they know nothing about or places they have never been.<\/p>\n

And with AI, we\u2019re entering a new era where you can\u2019t trust what you see, what you hear or what\u2019s put in front of you.<\/p>\n

Today, our children often see clips before context, or outrage before evidence, and if we don\u2019t teach them the difference, someone else will. Which is why journalism is so essential and more important than ever \u2014 proper journalism.<\/p>\n

Journalism is going to the place itself. It\u2019s looking someone in the eye and telling the story as it really is \u2014 even when it doesn\u2019t fit the narrative or when it\u2019s dangerous. Time and again in my own career, when I thought I knew the story, I would arrive on site only to find out that it was different from the one I\u2019d imagined, or that it had countless levels I had been unaware of.<\/p>\n

And that is why journalism matters<\/a> more than ever \u2014 because truth matters, and we have to hold it up and pass it on to the next generation.<\/p>\n

And that starts at home. Small questions such as, “Where did that come from?” “Who said that?” “Why would they do that?” “Is that true?” all begin building that interest in truth and in journalism.<\/p>\n

And if you keep asking your kids those questions, you make them more interested in the world around them, and they will care far more about it.<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s one of the reasons I wrote “Read All About It!” \u2014 to inspire them and encourage them.<\/p>\n

Let me tell you briefly what the book is about \u2014 without giving too much away.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s about a little hedgehog who wants an adventurous day. He heads out for a walk looking for adventure. And then he sees a baby owl that has fallen from a tree and a big brown bear running toward it.<\/p>\n

And the hedgehog has a decision to make.<\/p>\n

Does he stay safe? Does he hope someone else handles it? Or does he do something?<\/p>\n

JOHNNY CAN’T READ \u2014 EVEN IN COLLEGE. I LEAD A UNIVERSITY AND IT’S TERRIFYING<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Now people ask me, why did I pick a hedgehog? And the answer is, because there really was a hedgehog.<\/p>\n

For my entire career as a war correspondent, I traveled with a little toy hedgehog in my pocket. It was my daughter’s toy<\/a>. She gave it to me, and I took it everywhere.<\/p>\n

And when I was overseas, that hedgehog would send videos back to them, telling them where we were, what we\u2019d seen. Telling them that I was OK, while keeping them curious about the world.<\/p>\n

I learned later that I needed the hedgehog more than they did.<\/p>\n

When our team was attacked in Ukraine in 2022 and Fox News cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski, Ukrainian journalist Oleksandra “Sasha” Kuvshynova and two Ukrainians with us were tragically killed, that little hedgehog was inside my body armor. And in the days that followed, when I was barely alive and trying to survive, I held that hedgehog tight. I gripped it, and I talked to it.<\/p>\n

BENJAMIN HALL SPEAKS ABOUT THE STRENGTH HE FOUND DURING HIS RECOVERY FROM DEADLY MISSILE ATTACK IN UKRAINE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

It reminded me of home, and it reminded me of my family, and it reminded me of what I was fighting for. It was like a voice saying, “You are going home. You are going to survive. You will see them again.”<\/p>\n

When I finally made it to the hospital and had some serious facial injuries that at first I didn\u2019t want them to see, it was again the hedgehog who sent many messages back to them.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why the hedgehog \u2014 and family \u2014 are at the center of this book.<\/p>\n

Because family is the center of everything. It is our children who make us want to build a better world, and I know that journalism helps us do that. Knowledge does, too.<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

I became a journalist because I wanted to travel. I loved meeting people, loved geopolitics, loved chasing a story. But more than that, I love journalism because it is truth \u2014 because it holds people in power to account. And that\u2019s what creates a better world.<\/p>\n

In “Read All About It!” Hedgehog does save the day and then spreads the message around the forest. He warns them all about the bear and about what\u2019s happening. He doesn\u2019t just watch from a distance. He tries to make others understand the truth, because the truth allows people to act.<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s one of the other morals I wanted to include in the book: Don\u2019t just witness. Participate.<\/a><\/p>\n

How often do we see people watching something go wrong and just filming it? Or posting it? Or commenting on it, but not stepping in? Not saying, “Stop, that\u2019s not right.” Not helping the person who needs help.<\/p>\n

We should teach children they are not meant to be spectators, that they can be active. That they can be engaged. And I know that journalism and an interest in the world around them will inspire them to do that.<\/p>\n

I hope that “Read All About It!” does that \u2014 and that after reading it, you can sit with your children<\/a> and talk to them about the ideas in it, and about some of the values that make the world a better place: adventure, courage and truth. Follow those, and we will keep building a better, stronger world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/benjamin-hall-the-hedgehog-i-took-to-war-and-the-journalist-hes-become <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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