Charles M. Sennott, Author at The GroundTruth Project

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/

Columns

‘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...

Aug 23, 2024

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Days after Trump’s panel, NABJ journalists reflect on disinformation and Black voters

Through the last half century, the National Association of Black Journalists has emerged as a vital voice in...

Aug 09, 2024

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How the Twin Cities’ Sahan Journal chronicles a diverse Minnesota

Our work with newsrooms across the country offers us a unique vantage point of how cities and towns...

Aug 02, 2024

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Report for America ‘movement’ gathers in Twin Cities, announces GroundTruth Award

MINNEAPOLIS - From every corner of the United States, nearly 200 of our Report for America corps members...

Jul 19, 2024

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Independence day and the crisis of American democracy

BOSTON - This Independence Day, it felt like America is not so much celebrating as soberly pondering the...

Jul 05, 2024

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A double helix of free speech and press freedom

There were two seismic events last week with the release of WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange after a plea...

Jul 05, 2024

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Juneteenth. A promise and America’s challenge to live up to it.

For more than 150 years, the day now known as Juneteenth has been sacred in many Black communities,...

Jun 21, 2024

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A reporter’s call to service in Ukraine, and what is left behind

KYIV - One year ago, news broke that the dam at Ukraine’s Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant was destroyed...

Jun 07, 2024

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Blinken delivers desperately needed weapons and a message of support at a turning point for Ukraine.

Kyiv, Ukraine — Just above the Maidan, or “square” of independence where the so-called “Revolution of Dignity” first...

May 17, 2024

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Local journalism in Ukraine: The eyes of the war and the voice and soul of the country.

By Charles M. Sennott BUCHA, Ukraine — More than 250 local journalists from cities and towns across Ukraine...

May 10, 2024

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Why the rebuilding of Ukraine must include local journalism

A moment of silence. For 17 journalists killed in Ukraine over the last two years. For the more...

May 10, 2024

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