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.

War and Peace

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood heads back underground, starts ‘Tahrir 2.0’

CAIRO, Egypt – Under a waxing crescent moon, we pushed through the crowd of Muslim Brotherhood supporters at...

War and Peace

With Egypt divided about its future, US government emerges as a common foe

CAIRO, Egypt — On the first Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, rival protest rallies packed...

Inequality

‘Heaven and hell’ side by side in Burma

Editor’s Note: In the parlance of golf, it’s called ‘playing through.’ And the phrase seems a fitting way...

Inequality

In Palm Beach, Donald Trump’s exclusive golf resort sits next to county jail

Editor’s Note: In the parlance of golf, it’s called ‘playing through.’ And the phrase seems a fitting way...

War and Peace

Two Years Later: ‘The green tent’ and Egypt’s fractured revolution

CAIRO — Two years ago today, with history on the line and revolution in the air, a group...

Inequality

The Great Divide: Methodology

The methodology for our economic analysis is based on what is known as the Gini coefficient, or the...

Americas

Three projects light up the darkness in post-quake Haiti

BOSTON – Three years on from the devastating earthquake that brought Haiti to its knees and the world...

Arctic

Arctic melt opens door for big oil’s next boom

WAINWRIGHT, Alaska – Born and raised the son of an Inupiaq Eskimo whaling captain in this small village...

Arctic

For a poor Alaskan village, oil could change everything

WAINWRIGHT, Alaska – This small village is about to be taken over by big oil. There are about...

Arctic

US far behind in race for Arctic assets

BARROW, Alaska – There is a battle at the top of the world for oil and minerals, and...

War and Peace

Welcome to The Drone Age

WASHINGTON — Inside the world’s biggest air shows in Singapore, Dubai and Paris, leading weapons manufacturers gather to...

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