Charles M. Sennott

Charles Sennott is the founder, Chief Executive Officer and Editor of The GroundTruth Project. He is an award-winning correspondent, best-selling author and editor with 30 years of experience in international, national and local journalism. A leading social entrepreneur in new media, Sennott started GroundTruth in 2014 and in 2017 launched the non-profit organization's new, local reporting initiative, Report for America.

Reporting on the front lines of wars and insurgencies in at least 20 countries, including the post 9-11 conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq and the 2011 Arab Spring, Sennott began his career in local news covering cops, courts and municipal government. Sennott’s deep experience in reporting led him to dedicate himself to supporting and training the next generation of journalists to tell the most important stories of our time. Sennott is also the co-founder of GlobalPost, an acclaimed international news website.

Previously, Sennott worked for many years as a reporter at the New York Daily News and then the Boston Globe, where he became Bureau Chief for the Middle East and Europe, and a leader of the paper's international coverage from 1997 to 2005. Sennott has also served as a correspondent for PBS FRONTLINE and the PBS NewsHour. He has contributed news analysis to the BBC, CNN, NPR, MSNBC and others.

He is a graduate of Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. In 2016, Sennott was accepted into the DRK portfolio of leading social entrepreneurs who can make a difference.

Democracy

The siege of American democracy

The attack on American democracy came from all sides yesterday while the whole world was watching. It came...

Columns

An elegy for the American election

BOSTON -- Like great American poetry, this election speaks directly to who we are, and we need to...

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Sectarian violence in America is not fiction anymore

It can happen here. With so much fear and loathing in America and militias armed with assault rifles...

Columns

A lens on war frames an understanding of peace

Updated on Oct. 14, 2020 Photographer Gary Knight has documented war, but now he’s trying to understand peace. ...

Columns

Remembering Pete Hamill, a voice for New York and the world

It’s been said the legendary newspaperman, essayist and author Pete Hamill, who died Wednesday at the age of...

Columns

In the shadow of COVID-19, an unprecedented attack on press freedom

Updated on May 3 Trusted journalism has never been more vital, and never more at risk. On this...

Columns

In isolation, religious communities reflect on the meaning of faith

This time of year is a sacred season when the path of faith weaves together the three Abrahamic...

Columns

U.S.-Taliban deal falters amid Kabul government turmoil, renewed attacks

America’s longest war just got longer. Kabul plunged back into violence when gunmen opened fire at a ceremony...

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At the dusk of impeachment, the dawn of a vengeful era in Washington

WASHINGTON — A menacing spirit of vindictiveness is settling in like dusk over the White House, and one...

Columns

A look back at Ukraine whistleblower’s role in Trump’s impeachment

With 100 senators listening quietly to the highly-scripted and choreographed arguments of the House impeachment managers, one might...

Podcast - Season 8 - Democracy Undone

Epilogue: Guardrails of Democracy

Over the last 6 months, our Democracy Undone project has chronicled the rise of populist nationalism and creeping...

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