Charles M. Sennott

Charles Sennott is the founder 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.

Columns

An assault against a cornerstone of democracy

It was the kind of brutal, authoritarian tactics we usually hear about in Russia under Putin or Afghanistan...

Columns

What the biggest global heatwave in history tells us about our progress against climate change

Across three continents, the harsh new realities of what we’ve done to our planet are clear like never...

Columns

As new journalists join Report for America, a call for more diverse local news

It’s one of the greatest days of the year for us when we deploy new Report for America...

Columns

Independence and freedom through the eyes of Report for America

On this Fourth of July, there is a growing consensus that American democracy is in peril. A new...

Columns

Goodbye to Daniel Ellsberg, seeker of truth

BOSTON - It is rare in life that you get to know one of your heroes. Daniel Ellsberg...

Columns

Ukraine’s dam explosion: An environmental nightmare that became a reality

Ukraine’s minister of environmental protection looked exhausted one morning last month after a night of air raid sirens...

Columns

The role of local news in the reconstruction of Bucha

BUCHA, Ukraine — The massacre that took place here in early March one year ago shocked the world...

War and Peace

On anniversary of Irish peace accords, an exhumation of a tragic past

Editor’s note: This story was originally published by The Boston Globe on April 9, 2023 COUNTY MONAGHAN, Ireland...

War and Peace

‘There is still fear’ — for the five McCartney sisters of Belfast, the Troubles never ended

Editor’s note: This story was originally published by The Boston Globe on April 7, 2023 BELFAST, Northern Ireland...

Columns

A year of Putin’s war against Ukraine and the free press

The world is preparing to take measure of the first anniversary of the war in Ukraine next week,...

Columns

A light against the dark instincts that undercut democracy

When you look around the world, polarization and post-truth politics seems to be lurking in many corners. And...

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