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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/
Middle East

What to expect from Egypt’s presidential election

It is unwise to try to predict anything in Egypt these days, but there are several safe assumptions...

May 23, 2012
Middle East

What to expect from Egypt’s presidential election

It is unwise to try to predict anything in Egypt these days, but there are several safe assumptions...

May 23, 2012
Middle East

Life Sentence: Women and justice in Afghanistan

In the decade since the United States invaded Afghanistan and toppled the Taliban government in Kabul, many positive...

Mar 07, 2012
Middle East

The money behind the Egyptian military

CAIRO – One year into Egypt’s unfinished revolution, fateful questions loom here in the most populous nation in...

Jan 22, 2012
Americas

Seeking truth in the ‘NGO republic’

Where did all the money go? The question rises up from the dust of the still-crowded tent camps...

Jan 10, 2012
Middle East

Mohammed Abbas: Running for the Revolution

GIZA, Egypt – Framed against the great pyramids of Giza with a half-moon on the rise, a phalanx...

Jan 06, 2012
Middle East

The ‘black box’ of Egyptian military power

CAIRO – The young Egyptian woman wore a traditional headscarf and shawl, known as an “abaya,” and stood...

Jan 02, 2012
Middle East

Egypt: Is it a revolution?

CAIRO – So, is it a revolution? With running battles taking place once again in Tahrir Square, this...

Nov 21, 2011
Middle East

Highway 15: The long road to rehabilitation

HEZNA, Saudi Arabia – Turn off Highway 15 near the city of Al Baha and a narrow, winding...

Sep 06, 2011
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Saudi Arabia’s Highway 15 revisited

AL BAHA, Saudi Arabia – The road to September 11th began here on Highway 15, which stretches from...

Sep 06, 2011
Middle East

Egypt’s Unfinished Revolution: Revisiting Tahrir Square

CAIRO — Just after Friday prayers, Mohammed Abbas, a member of the Revolutionary Youth Council, joined protesters crowded...

Aug 17, 2011
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