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Charles M. Sennott

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. Subscribe to his newsletter on Substack: https://charlessennott.substack.com/
War and Peace

The Millennials: A generation of war looks to the future

The first millennials were born in 1980, the same year the Soviets invaded Afghanistan. This generation of Afghans...

Jan 04, 2016
Short Films

The Exodus of Refugees: History in the Making

The migration of people tells the history of the world. Migration has been our shared narrative since biblical...

Dec 22, 2015
Environment

Kerry the statesman at a crossroads in Paris

PARIS – Two global narratives converged this month in the city of light, and the US Secretary of...

Dec 17, 2015
Place de la republique in Paris
Fellowships

COP21: Paris at a Crossroads

Paris today is at the center of a global crossroads where two narratives converge. One is a narrative...

Nov 24, 2015
War and Peace

War reporting in the time of the Islamic State

Correspondent James Foley’s execution by the Islamic State forces sober reflection on the perils of front-line coverage. BOSTON...

Oct 09, 2015
Media Industry

A year after Jim Foley’s murder, working toward a culture of safety in journalism

One year after his murder shocked the world, the family of American freelance journalist James Foley spent the...

Oct 08, 2015
Fellowships

GroundTruth announces $1 million project on climate change

BOSTON – The GroundTruth Project is launching a $1 million initiative for climate change coverage around the world....

Oct 08, 2015
Fellowships

The Field Guide

Download or Print the Field Guide We believe great journalism comes from being there, on the ground, to...

Oct 08, 2015
Charles Sennott on MSNBC.
Announcements

GroundTruth in the Press in 2015

GroundTruth Founder Charles Sennott is often called upon for commentary and analysis on world events by our colleagues...

Oct 07, 2015
Media Industry

ACOS Alliance (A Culture of Safety Alliance)

On February 12, 2015, a coalition of major news companies and journalism organizations gathered to endorse worldwide freelance...

Sep 15, 2015
War and Peace

The Road to Qala-i-Jangi: Circling back to America’s first casualty in Afghanistan

Listen on Apple | Spotify | Stitcher | Amazon MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan — A thin, black ribbon of highway...

Apr 21, 2015
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