Editorial Rigor meets Authentic Storytelling and Mountain Culture

Bennet Logan is a writer, editor, and researcher whose work bridges world-class editorial rigor and authentic mountain culture. He currently manages editorial research at National Geographic, where recent projects include Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time, Ocean with David Attenborough, and an upcoming Everest film from Oscar-winning director Jimmy Chin.If his dad is to be believed, he was bartered at birth for a stained-glass window still hanging at Aspen Valley Hospital. Perhaps that explains his scrappiness. He’s called every corner of the U.S. home, doing everything from building terrain parks at Aspen/Snowmass to editing literary magazines in New York and managing operations for a music festival founded by snowboarders Danny Davis and Jack Mitrani.He’s published essays in The Snowboarder’s Journal and created historical visualizations for Lapham’s Quarterly. As a youngster, he traveled the country with his snowboard in tow, competing in halfpipe and slopestyle comps, and he still disappears into the mountains regularly, with recent climbing trips to the North Cascades and Cochise Stronghold, Arizona.He's a jack-of-all-trades, just as comfortable building a stage as he is researching the history of Pompeii. In a life rich with experience, three constants have never faltered: an unquenchable curiosity, a passion for storytelling, and a deep connection to the mountains.

Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time

Managed comprehensive research and fact-checking for this Emmy-consideration documentary series examining one of America's most catastrophic disasters. Verified complex historical narratives spanning 20 years of government documents, survivor testimonies, and scientific data.

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Courtesy of National Geographic

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Sally

Managed research for a feature-length documentary about Sally Ride, America's first woman in space, pioneering physicist, and LGBTQ+ icon. This film tells the untold story of a woman who broke barriers in science and society.

Ocean with David Attenborough

Oversaw research for a landmark environmental documentary special from the legendary naturalist. Verified complex scientific claims about ocean ecosystems, climate change impacts, and marine conservation.

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Courtesy of National Geographic

The Devil's Climb

Managed research for documentary following Alex Honnold (Free Solo) and Tommy Caldwell (The Dawn Wall) as they biked 2,600 miles across the American West and Canada en route to a traverse of the Devils Thumb massif.

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Published Writing

Frying Pan Fixations

A meditation on Colorado's Hunter-Frying Pan Wilderness, where the golden leaves of fall and high altitude fungi share the forest with abandoned logging camps from the late 1800s. It's an exploration of impermanence, beauty, and what the mountains remember.The Snowboarder's Journal is snowboarding's premier literary publication, known for thoughtful, narrative-driven essays about mountain culture and the human relationships with wild places.

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