Charles M. Sennott

Charles M. Sennott is a long-time foreign correspondent and the co-founder, vice president and editor-at-large of GlobalPost.

I am a journalist, author, documentary film maker and digital-age entrepreneur. I started out as a reporter at a small NPR affiliate in Amherst, MA in 1984, and I have a particular love for working with audio. But most of my craft has been as a writer and largely as a foreign correspondent with about 20 years of experience in the Middle East. I have also served as an on-air correspondent in two documentaries on the still-unfolding revolution in Egypt for PBS FRONTLINE.  In 2008, I left The Boston Globe, where I worked for 15 years and where I served as Middle East bureau chief covering the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and ventured into the world of startups. In 2009, I co-founded GlobalPost, an online international news organization based in Massachusetts.As GlobalPost Executive Editor from 2009 to 2013, I built a great team of about 70 correspondents in 50 countries and a dozen full-time editors in Boston. This team has earned a reputation for punching above its weight class and has won numerous awards, including the Polk, the Peabody, several Overseas Press Club awards and others.In the last year, I have dedicated my efforts to building a new foundation-supported initiative known as The GroundTruth Project, which seeks to train the next generation of foreign correspondents and to produce in-depth and investigative coverage of social justice issues. These projects, supported by Ford, Luce, Kaiser and other foundations, are published as GlobalPost Special Reports and, whenever possible, are carried out in partnership with PRI's The World.


The ‘black box’ of Egyptian military power

Conflict

Secrecy and violence as SCAF holds tight to the country and its economy.

Mohammed Abbas: Running for the Revolution

Conflict

Seeking truth in the ‘NGO republic’

Politics

Haiti names Sean Penn ambassador

Politics

The money behind the Egyptian military

Politics

Combat photojournalism exhibit opens in NYC

Politics

GlobalPost’s Ben Brody featured alongside legendary professionals.

The loss of Anthony Shadid, a profound listener and reporter

Politics

An asthma attack claimed the New York Times report while on assignment in Syria.

Marie Colvin remembered

Politics

Celebrated correspondent’s death in Syria comes just days after Anthony Shadid’s.

Return to Haiti: A day in the life of a broken island

Politics

The country continues to stumble toward rebuilding after the earthquake, facing questions about aid money and embezzlement.

The ghosts of Haiti’s Hotel Oloffson

Lifestyle

Graham Greene’s muse survived the earthquake and has stories to tell.