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.

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After 50 years of dictatorship, is there hope for democracy in Syria?

It has been an extraordinary week in the news – a dramatic shifting of global alliances and a...

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On the ground at COP29, an interview with climate journalist Bob Berwyn

In Baku, Azerbaijan, heads of state, leading climate scientists, environmental activists and regulatory officials from some 190 countries...

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Free speech under a “strongman” government: A Nobel laureate’s warning

WASHINGTON - As America braces for what increasingly looks like the era of a strongman under the next...

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Austin, Tx, might have the key to move America forward

AUSTIN, Texas - The Lone Star state has always been a big prize in presidential elections, but it...

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How Arab Americans and Muslims in Michigan could swing the 2024 presidential election

DEARBORN, Michigan – A light wind rustled autumn leaves on the tree-lined streets in the inner-ring of Detroit’s...

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When did it become okay to lie at will in American politics?

Lies, smears and even dirty tricks are nothing new in American politics, and when caught red-handed in a...

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Bereaved families cross the Israeli-Palestinian divide

This Monday, October 7th, will mark the one-year anniversary of the surprise Hamas terrorist attack that killed 1,200...

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“Choose Truth” to defend journalism

This week I had a chance to sit down with the legendary South African editor and innovator in...

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Lessons from 9/11: Rediscovering unity at a time of deep division

BOSTON— Driving toward Logan International Airport on Wednesday, the intense clarity of the sky reminded me of that...

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Can journalism answer the challenge of AI before it’s too late?

As Americans celebrate Labor Day weekend, it is usually lost amid the parades and family barbecues that the...

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‘Not going back’; Kamala Harris pushes forward in Chicago

On the morning after the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, it feels like Kamala Harris’s acceptance speech and...

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