Curriculum Vitae
Updated 7.27.14
CHARLES R.E. LEWIS
Employment:
2006-2014 Professor of journalism (tenured), American University School of Communication.
Distinguished Journalist in Residence (August 2006 – December 2009), (courses taught:
In-depth Journalism and Global Investigative Journalism (before 2011 called
International Investigative Reporting)
2008-2014 Founding Executive Editor of the Investigative Reporting Workshop, a research center
within the American University School of Communication. (Proposed the idea October
2007, which was approved by the University March 2008). The award-winning
Investigative Reporting Workshop in its first five years of publication (2009-2014) has
published more than 60 investigative stories, in partnership with The New York Times, the
Washington Post, The New Yorker, The Financial Times and many other commercial
news organizations. It has co-produced five documentaries with the PBS program
Frontline, and with Showtime, and its published work overall has been accomplished by
more than 70 students, seven AU SOC professors, and numerous outside contract writers;
it is the largest university-based investigative reporting center in the United States (out of
18), and it is the only one in the Washington, D.C. area.
2005-2008 Founding President, the Fund for Independence in Journalism, an endowment and legal
defense support organization for the Center for Public Integrity, Washington, D.C.
(Begun in 2003, part-time paid beginning January 2005 through December 2008)
2005-2006 Fellow, Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, John F.
Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (Spring 2006).
Ferris Professor of Journalism, Princeton University (Fall 2005 semester) (Course taught:
In-depth Journalism)
Consultant to the Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia (access to information and journalism
issues)
1989-2005
Founder and Executive Director, the Center for Public Integrity (and its International
Consortium of Investigative Journalists, the first working network of 100 premier
reporters in the world from 50 countries producing content across borders), Washington,
D.C.
1988-1989
Consultant, Kroll Associates, Washington, D.C.
1984-1988
Producer assigned to senior correspondent Mike Wallace, CBS News 60 Minutes, New
York and Washington, D.C. Reportorial Producer (off-air investigative reporter), ABC
News, Washington, D.C.
1977-1984
Reportorial Producer (off-air investigative reporter), ABC News, Washington, D.C.
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1975-1976
Research Assistant, Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate
1971-1975
Sportswriter and clerk, Wilmington, Delaware News Journal newspapers (part-time
during college semesters, full-time otherwise)
Education:
1977
Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, M.A. (with
emphasis on U.S. foreign policy, Latin America area study and international economics;
oral and written language proficiency in Spanish)
1975
University of Delaware, B.A. in political science with honors and distinction; (semester
internship with Senator William V. Roth (R-DE) in Washington, Spring 1974. Named to
Pi Sigma Alpha, national political science honor society. Language study in German)
Awards:
2014
Society of Professional Journalists 2013 Sigma Delta Chi Award in the “Research about
Journalism.” This article, co-authored with Hilary Niles, was published by the
Investigative Reporting Workshop and entitled, “Measuring Impact: The art, science and
mystery of nonprofit news assessment.”
2014
American University Award for “Outstanding Scholarship, Research, Creative Activity
and Other Professional Contributions.”
2013
"Missouri Honor Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism," University of Missouri
School of Journalism
2009
Honorary doctorate degree, University of Delaware
2004
PEN USA First Amendment Award “for expanding the reach of investigative journalism,
for his courage in going after a story regardless of whose toes he steps on, and for boldly
exercising his freedom of speech and freedom of the press.”
1998
MacArthur Fellowship (awarded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation)
1996-2005 Center for Public Integrity reports (initiated, final edited and approved by the Executive
Director) were honored 35 times by national journalism organizations, such as
Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE), the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ)
and others. In 2004, “Windfalls of War: U.S. contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan” won the
George Polk award. In early 2005, the Center won the Edward R. Murrow award for best
Web site (www.publicintegrity.org) in the United States, (small market category). Three
co-authored Center books, published by HarperCollins, were that year’s Finalist for the
IRE book award: The Buying of the President, in 1996; The Buying of the Congress, in
1998, and The Buying of the President 2000. In February 2007, the Center received a
Special Citation by the Harvard University Shorenstein Center Goldsmith Prize judges
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for its body of “superb investigative work in the public interest.”
1988
Emmy nomination for “Foreign Agent,” CBS News 60 Minutes, for “outstanding
investigative journalism” by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
1987
Emmy nomination for “First Jersey Securities,” CBS News 60 Minutes, for “outstanding
investigative journalism” by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
1987
Nomination for outstanding achievement in the “Documentary Script – Current Events”
category, for “First Jersey Securities,” CBS News 60 Minutes, Writers Guild of America
Television-Radio Writing Awards
1986
Nomination for outstanding achievement in the “Documentary - Current Events”
category, for “The Donovan File,” CBS News 60 Minutes, Writers Guild of America
Television-Radio Writing Awards
Publications:
Books and Studies
935 Lies: The Future of Truth and the Decline of America’s Moral Integrity
(PublicAffairs/Perseus Books, 2014)
The Buying of the President 2004 (with other Center for Public Integrity
writers)(Perennial/HarperCollins, 2004)(New York Times Bestseller List)
The Cheating of America (with Bill Allison and other Center for Public Integrity
writers)(Morrow/HarperCollins, 2001)
The Buying of the President 2000 (with other Center for Public Integrity
writers)(Avon/HarperCollins, 2000)
The Buying of the Congress (with other Center for Public Integrity
writers)(Avon/HarperCollins, 1998)
The Buying of the President (with other Center for Public Integrity
writers)(Avon/HarperCollins, 1996)
Well-Healed: Inside Lobbying for Health Care Reform (with other writers)(Center for
Public Integrity, 1994)
The Trading Game: Inside Lobbying for the North American Free Trade Agreement (with
other writers)(Center for Public Integrity, 1993)
Private Parties: Political Party Leadership in Washington’s Mercenary Culture (with other
writers)(Center for Public Integrity, 1992)
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Under the Influence (with other writers)(Center for Public Integrity, 1992)
America’s Frontline Trade Officials (with other writers)(Center for Public Integrity,
1990)
Multimedia Production:
Investigating Power (www.InvestigatingPower.org). Executive Producer, conceiving this
five-year, $500,000 multimedia, oral history online presentation co-sponsored by the
Investigative Reporting Workshop, the Center for Public Integrity and the Fund for
Independence in Journalism. Presented at the National Press Club in Washington, and
interviewed by Robert Siegel of NPR’s All Things Considered, honoring independent
journalism in America, with career timelines, 51 produced video excerpts and significant
“truth to power” moments in contemporary U.S. history dating back to 1950, with still
photos and archival video footage. Interviewed 23 important national journalists on high
definition video and oversaw the production team of 22 people - producers, editors,
researchers, web designers, etc. This will be an ongoing project, deepening in textual and
video content over the years, hopefully including a total of 40 national journalists
interviews by the end of 2015. This is the only website in the United States documenting
the careers and historic impact of notable journalists. Published April 25, 2012.
Articles and Book Chapters:
“Why I left 60 Minutes” Politico Magazine, June 29, 2014 (excerpted from 935 Lies: The
Future of Truth and the Decline of America’s Moral Integrity).
"Investigative Reporting's International Impact"," in Muckraking Goes Global: The
Future of Cross-Border Investigative Journalism" (Edited by James Geary, editor of
Nieman Reports, Harvard University), Cambridge, Massachusetts: Nieman Foundation
for Journalism, Harvard University, 2013.
"The Rise of NGOs and Nonprofit Media"," in Transparency in Politics and the Media:
Accountability and Open Government (Edited by Nigel Bowles, James T. Hamilton, and
David A.L. Levy, eds.) pp. pp. 197-214 in a book of 232 pages. Oxford: I.B. Tauris;
University of Oxford/Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, October 2013.
"Is it time for a justice league?" vol. Issue 76, Sydney, Australia: The Walkley Magazine (published by
the Walkley Foundation), July-September, 2013.
“Koch Brothers’ Influence Spans Nonprofits, Government and Business,” Washington,
D.C., The Chronicle of Philanthropy, July 14, 2013
“Measuring Impact: The art, science and mystery of nonprofit news assessment,”
Washington, D.C.: Investigative Reporting Workshop (American University), Coauthor,
July 8, 2013.
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“The Koch Club: Koch millions spread influence through nonprofits, colleges," published
by the Investigative Reporting Workshop (with three co-authors), July 1, 2013.
"How we hired that reporter,” New York, New York: Columbia Journalism Review
(CJR), published by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, March 4,
2013.
“Workshop, American, Washington Post jointly hire investigative reporter,” in
Washington, D.C.: Investigative Reporting Workshop (iLab) / American University,
March 4, 2013.
“Reporting That Changed History: A journalist mines the past to inform the future,” CJR
(Columbia University), April 25, 2012.
“Reporting: Fundamental necessity to democracy,” Investigative Reporting Workshop
(American University), April 25, 2012.
“A tribute to reporting national moments of truth,” Nieman Watchdog (Harvard
University Nieman Foundation), April 25, 2012.
“A second look: The New Journalism Ecosystem (with Brittney Butts and Kate Mussel
white), Investigative Reporting Workshop (American University), November 30, 2011.
“Global investigative journalists convene in Kiev,” Investigative Reporting Workshop
(American University), October 20, 2011.
“New books highlight nonprofit ecosystem,” Investigative Reporting Workshop
(American University), October 12, 2011.
“Non-profit Journalism Entrepreneurialism in the United States,” chapter in David A.L.
Levy and Robert Picard, ed., Is There a Better Structure for News Providers? (Reuters
Institute for the Study of Journalism: Oxford University, Oxford, England: 2011), pp. 97111, October 11, 2011.
“Chapter 27: Civil society, media and public journalism,” in Michael Edwards, ed., The
Oxford Handbook of Civil Society (Oxford University Press: Oxford, England: 2011),
pp. 349-361.
“Seeking New Ways to Nurture the Capacity to Report,” reprinted from Nieman Reports,
Harvard University, Spring 2008 issue, in John McPhee & Carol Rigolot, “The Princeton
Reader: Contemporary Essays by Writers and Journalists at Princeton University
(Princeton University Press: Princeton, New Jersey: 2011), pp. 217-221.
“Cross-pollination carries journalism across borders,” Investigative Reporting Workshop
(American University), November 23, 2010.
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“New journalism ecosystem thrives,” Investigative Reporting Workshop (American
University), October 29, 2010.
“More resources for new ecosystem,” Investigative Reporting Workshop (American
University), October 29, 2010.
“iLab’s goal: Enlarging public space,” Investigative Reporting Workshop (American
University), March 30, 2010.
“Great Expectations: An Investigative News Network is born. Now what?” Columbia
Journalism Review, September/October, 2009
“Purveyors of truth about the powers that be,” Society of Professional Journalists
centennial anniversary book essay, 2009
“The future of watchdog reporting brightens as nonprofit groups organize a new
network,” Nieman Watchdog, July 3, 2009
“An emerging Investigative News Network,” Investigative Reporting Workshop (in the
“iLab” section), June 29, 2009
“10 Rules of the nonprofit investigative reporting center road,” IRE Journal, May/June
2009
“A Social Network Solution,” Columbia Journalism Review, March/April 2009
“All the News That’s Fit to Finance,” (with Bruce Sievers), Chronicle of Philanthropy,
March 12, 2009
“Seeking New Ways to Nurture the Capacity to Report” Nieman Reports, Spring, 2008
“Iraq: The War Card,” The Center for Public Integrity, January 23, 2008. Created and
directed this project which involved 11 researchers, editors and Web designers for two
and a half years, to produce a 380,000-word chronology and database which identified
935 “false statements” by eight top administration officials who mentioned Iraq's
possession of weapons of mass destruction, or links to Al Qaeda, on at least 532 separate
occasions in the two years after 9/11. Co-author of the project overview essay, “False
Pretenses.” The entire online report was presented at a National Press Club news
conference, weeks before the five-year anniversary of the invasion of Iraq; its findings
were covered by more than 100 newspapers, including the New York Times, the
Washington Post and USA Today, along with five major newswire services, and two
dozen television and radio interviews (BBC, NPR’s All Things Considered, etc.) featured
stories about and links to the project. “Iraq: The War Card” had the most one-day Web
hits of any project in the history (at that time) of the Center for Public Integrity.
“The Non-Profit Road” CJR (Columbia Journalism Review), September- October, 2007
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“The Growing Importance of Non-Profit Journalism,” Discussion paper (17,000 words)
Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, John F. Kennedy School
of Government, Harvard University (on its Website) April 2007
“Back to the Future” Nieman Foundation Watchdog Project blog, December 17, 2006
“Investigative Journalism Doesn’t Win Many Friends,” Nieman Reports Summer 2006.
“Laying the Foundation,” in Crossing Borders, Opening Doors: Selected Articles from
the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (Center for Public Integrity,
2005)
“What the Hell Happened?” Mail & Guardian (online)(published in Johannesburg, South
Africa), June 17, 2005.
"A Culture of Secrecy" (Center for Public Integrity) (Web site global review/country
essays, “The State of Investigative Reporting”), February 3, 2005
“Introduction” and “United States: Legalized Corruption,” chapters in The Corruption
Notebooks (The Center for Public Integrity, 2004)
“Evaluating resources, methodology, potential results at planning stage” The IRE Journal
September/October 2004: 21-23
“Press vs. White House: Has the post 9/11 tug-of war between the media and the Bush
administration tipped the balance in favor of the power structure?” IPI Global Journalist,
Third Quarter 2004: 12-15
“Political Mugging in America: Anatomy of an ‘independent’ smear campaign.” The
Center for Public Integrity, March 4, 2004.
“Who bankrolls Bush, challengers.” Sacramento Bee, Feb. 1, 2004: E1.
“The Assault on Liberty (Continued): The Bush Administration Pushes to Expand the
Patriot Act.” The Center for Public Integrity. Sep. 17, 2003
“Even in Wartime, Stealth and Democracy Do Not Mix.” The Center for Public Integrity.
Feb. 12, 2003
“Justice Dept. Drafts Sweeping Expansion of Anti-Terrorism Act: Center Publishes
Secret Draft of ‘Patriot II’ Legislation.” The Center for Public Integrity. Feb. 7, 2003.
“Relaxing Media Ownership Rules Conflicts with the Public’s Right to Know.” The
Center for Public Integrity. Jan. 17, 2003.
“Total Information Awareness: A Chance Encounter Raises Questions.” The Center for
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Public Integrity. Dec. 17 2002.
“Freedom of Information Under Attack.” The Center for Public Integrity. Jun. 26, 2002.
“The Enron Collapse: A Financial Scandal Rooted in Politics.” The Center for Public
Integrity. Feb. 22, 2002.
"Perspective; Charles Lewis." Wilmington News Journal Feb. 1, 2004: 11A.
“The GOP’s New Lobbyist in Chief.” Washington Post, Dec. 20, 2001: A43.
“What price justice? Influx of money undermines public faith in judicial system.” Dallas
Morning News, July 29, 2001.
“Judiciary Should Let Sunshine In To Reduce Public Skepticism.” The Center for Public
Integrity. June 8, 2001.
“World’s Journalists Should Collaborate in Age of Globalization.” The Center for Public
Integrity. May 4, 2001.
“D.C. Culture: Clean? How About Mercenary?” The Center for Public Integrity. Apr. 20,
2001.
“How Bush Handles McCain Will Set Tone for His Presidency.” The Center for Public
Integrity. Jan 23, 2001.
“Bush’s Rugged Road: Shadows of Big Money Present.” Newsday. Jan. 21, 2001: B04.
“Gore’s Failure to Respond Is Outrageous, Unacceptable.” The Center for Public
Integrity. Oct. 27, 2000.
“Media Money: How Corporate Spending Blocked Political Ad Reform & Other Stories
of Influence.” Columbia Journalism Review. S September/October 2000: 20.
“Colin Powell’s Critique: Part II.” New York Times. Aug. 3, 2000: A33
“’Reformer With Results’? Don’t Count on it.” The Center for Public Integrity. Aug. 2,
2000.
“Denial and Hypocrisy.” The Center for Public Integrity. Feb. 24, 2000.
“How George W. Bush Scored Big With the Texas Rangers.” The Center for Public
Integrity. Jan. 18, 2000.
“Foreword” Citizen Muckraking, by the Center for Public Integrity/Common Courage
Press, 2000
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“The Old Lion” The Washington Monthly. September 1999: 56.
“U.S. must regulate legal defense funds of public officials.” Deseret News (Salt Lake
City). Mar. 7 1999: AA4.
“Legal Defense Fund: Just How Legal?” Palm Beach Post Mar. 5, 1999: 16A.
“Big Money, No Oversight.” New York Times. Mar. 3, 1999: A17.
“Revealing State Secrets.” Columbia Journalism Review. May/June 1998: 46.
“A Small but Unsettling Scandal.” New York Times. Aug. 29, 1997: A23.
“Toxic deception.” The IRE Journal. July/August 1997: 12-13. “Anything goes. It’s the
Law.” New York Times. Mar. 16, 1997: A15.
“Not 'horse race' or 'beauty contest' '96 is money.” San Antonio Express- News Feb. 18,
1996: 4L.
“The making of an investigative think tank.” The IRE Journal. March/April 1996: 18-21.
“Let’s Break a Deal; A Year After 'The Handshake,' Still No Campaign Finance
Reform.” Washington Post (Outlook) Jun. 2, 1996: CO1.
“Unreformed Candidates; Despite the public's disgust, politicians show little inclination
to change the way campaigns are financed.” Dallas Morning News Feb. 26, 1996.
“A Politician and His Patrons.” Christian Science Monitor. Feb. 20, 1996: 19.
“1996 not close to ‘Year of the Outsider.’” San Antonio Express Feb. 19, 1996.
“Not 'horse race' or 'beauty contest' '96 is money.” San Antonio Express- News Feb. 18,
1996: 4L.
“Money: No Minor Matter in Politics.” Washington Post Feb. 12, 1996: A19.
“Foreword” in Toxic Deception, by Dan Fagin, Marianne Lavelle and the Center for
Public Integrity, Birch Lane Press, 2000.
“Favorite Son of a Gun; When Aiming for the White House, Phil Gramm Counts on the
NRA.” Washington Post, May 28, 1995: CO2.
“In Sickness and in Wealth; How a Swarm of Lobbyists Cornered the Debate on Health
Care Reform.” Washington Post Aug. 21, 1994: C2.
“The NAFTA-Math; Clinton Got His Trade Deal, but How Many Millions Did It Cost
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the Nation?” Washington Post Dec. 26, 1993: C2.
“Bill's Long March; When Big Money Talked, Clinton Retreated to George Bush's
Policy.” (Co-authored by John Kruger) Washington Post Nov. 7, 1993: C3.
“The Big Buy: How Mexico -- Aided and Abetted by Big Business USA - Is Waging the
Most Expensive Foreign Lobbying Campaign in History for NAFTA.” The Nation. Jun.
14, 1993: 826-839. (cover story).
“The Treaty No One Could Read; How Lobbyists and Business Quietly Forged
NAFTA.” Washington Post Jun. 27, 1993: C1
“Perspective on Washington: Party Animals Graze with No Ethical Fence; Nothing
Prevents the National Chairman from Double-Dipping- Trading Their Insider
Connections for Politics and Profit.” Los Angeles
Times. Oct. 2, 1992: B7. “Mercenary, not public, service.” The IRE Journal. Spring
1990: 18. “For want of a nail.” New York Times. Aug. 31, 1981: A17.
Television Production:
“Foreign Agent,” CBS News 60 Minutes, Oct. 16, 1988 (producer; correspondent Mike
Wallace)
“Divorce Lawyer,” CBS News 60 Minutes, June 26, 1988 (producer; Correspondent
Mike Wallace)
“Victims,” CBS News 60 Minutes, May 22, 1988 (producer; correspondent Mike
Wallace)
“Who Killed Penny Serra?” Feb. 18, 1988 (producer; correspondent Mike Wallace)
“Tobacco on Trial,” Jan. 3, 1988 (co-producer with Rich Bonin; Correspondent Mike
Wallace)
“The Dali Fraud,” Dec. 13, 1987 (producer; correspondent Mike Wallace) “Killer
Trucks,” March 15, 1987 (producer; correspondent Mike Wallace)
“Beware This Hospital?” Jan. 4, 1987 (producer; correspondent Mike Wallace)
“First Jersey Securities,” Dec. 7, 1986 (producer; correspondent Mike Wallace)
“Fraud,” Feb. 23, 1986 (producer; correspondent Mike Wallace)
“The Donovan File,” Nov. 3, 1985 (producer; correspondent Mike Wallace)
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“The Czar of Clinton County,” November 1984 (associate producer; producer Lowell
Bergman; correspondent Mike Wallace)
“The Man Who Knew the Secrets,” ABC News 20/20, aired in May 1994, (co-producer
with Stanhope Gould and Jay Lamonica; correspondent Tom Jarriel)
“The Strange Career of Gary Thomas Rowe,” ABC News 20/20, July 10 and 18, 1978
(off-air investigative reporter; correspondent Sander Vanocur, senior producer Wallace
Westfeldt and producer Carol Blakeslee)
Reportorial producer (off-air investigative reporter) in the Washington of ABC News,
traveling to more than 30 states and two countries, and contributing exclusive, “ABC
News has learned” information to award- winning investigative stories and spot news
coverage of the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan, the Sandra Day
O’Connor Supreme Court nomination, the collapse of the Hyatt Regency hotel in Kansas
City, the ill-fated Iran-hostage rescue attempt, the assassination of Egyptian President
Anwar Sadat, the 1980 presidential election (from advance, “reconnaissance” reporting
about upcoming caucuses and primaries including Iowa and New Hampshire, sent via
internal memoranda to ABC News President Roone Arledge and other top news
executives, to the concession speech of President Jimmy Carter on Election night), the
FBI ABSCAM investigation and subsequent trials, etc. Assigned in 1979 by ABC News
Washington bureau chief Carl Bernstein to provide investigative coverage of the U.S.
Justice Department. Investigated the 1963 Birmingham, Alabama church bombing and
the 1965 murder of civil rights worker Viola Liuzzo in Selma, in the context of the
violent activities of FBI informant Gary Thomas Rowe.
Public Speaking and Lectures
Speaker, “935 Lies And The Future of Truth.” Toadstool Bookshop, Peterborough, New
Hampshire, reading/discussion/book signing, July 12, 2014
Speaker, “The Future of Truth and the Decline of America’s Moral Integrity.” Amos
Fortune Forum, Jaffrey Center Meetinghouse, Jaffrey, New Hampshire, July 11, 2014
Moderator/organizer, “Spiked! When media managers can’t handle the truth.”
(Discussion panel with three other journalists). Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE)
national conference, San Francisco, California, June 28, 2014
Speaker, “Blurred Lines Between Truth and Spin,” The Commonwealth Club of San
Francisco, San Francisco, California, June 27, 2014
Speaker, “Investigative Journalism and the Future of Truth,” Book release event hosted
by the Center for Public Integrity, National Press Club, Washington, D.C., June 24, 2014
Panelist, “EXPERTS SPEAK: Where is Investigative Journalism going? (sic)
Investigative Journalism conference, hosted by Consejo de Redacción, CdR in the Luis
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Carlos Galan Auditorium, Javeriana University, Bogota, Colombia, March 21, 2014 (in
Spanish w/ simultaneous translation)
Panelist, “Dialogue About Large Media Investigations,” Investigative Journalism
conference, hosted by Consejo de Redacción, CdR in the Luis Carlos Galan Auditorium,
Javeriana University, Bogota, Colombia, March 21, 2014 (in Spanish w/ simultaneous
translation)
Participant, Data wonk conference / "News Foo Camp 2013,” O'Reilly Media, Knight
Foundation, Google, Phoenix, Arizona, November 13, 2013.
Keynote speaker/interviewed by Paley Center for Media President/CEO Pat Mitchell,
"Assessing the Impact of Media,” Media Impact Focus: Assessing the Impact of Media
conference, sponsored by Media Impact Funders and the Paley Center for Media, New
York, New York, November 13, 2013.
Panel discussion participant, Guest Speaker, "Global Showcase: The Futures of
Investigative Journalism,” Global Investigative Journalism conference, Global
Investigative Journalism Network, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 14, 2013.
Panel discussion leader, "Finding Money for Your Investigation," Global Investigative
Journalism conference, Global Investigative Journalism Network, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
October 13, 2013.
Panel discussion participant, "The Business of Investigative Reporting: What Models
Work?" Global Investigative Journalism conference, Global Investigative Journalism
Network, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 12, 2013.
Keynote Speaker, "The New Journalism Ecosystem and the Future of Truth," Scoopcamp
2013, The city of Hamburg and DPA, the Germany Press Agency, Hamburg, Germany,
September 13, 2013.
Guest Speaker, “Workshop session: International Investigative Reporting," Scoopcamp
2013, The city of Hamburg and DPA, the Germany Press Agency, Hamburg, Germany,
September 13, 2013.
Speaker, A visit and remarks to The Conversation newsroom, The Walkley Foundation,
Melbourne, Australia, August 2013.
Speaker, "Investigating Power," Evening public lecture, Centre for Advancing
Journalism, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, August 13, 2013.
Speaker, "Nonprofit Journalism," Addressing the staff of The Global Mail, The Walkley
Foundation, Sydney, Australia, August 9, 2013.
Speaker, "Investigating presidential or prime minister candidates," Australian Media
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Publishers Luncheon, The Walkley Foundation, Sydney, Australia, August 9, 2013.
Speaker, “Building the Big Investigation," Storyology: A summit of media and creativity,
The Walkley Foundation, Sydney, Australia, August 8, 2013.
Panel discussion participant, Presenter Only, "Non-profit journalism," Storyology: A
summit of media and creativity, The Walkley Foundation, Sydney, Australia, August 7,
2013.
Keynote Speaker, Presenter Only, "The New Journalism Ecosystem," Storyology: A
summit of media and creativity, The Walkley Foundation, Sydney, Australia, August 7,
2013.
Guest Speaker, "The future of truth: the public's right to know," "Literary dinner,” The
Walkley Foundation, Byron Bay, Australia, August 2, 2013.
Panel discussion leader, Organizer, "INN Training: The latest on philanthropy for
nonprofit news and media organizations," 2013 National IRE Conference, Investigative
Reporters and Editors (IRE), San Antonio, Texas, June 20, 2013.
Invitation only; attendee/participant (I am a "national adviser"), “Transparency 2013:
Bright Minds, Dark Money,” National Institute on Money in State Politics, Bigfork,
Montana, May 2013.
Panel discussion participant, "The Lowdown on Nonprofit Journalism,” National Press
Club, National Press Club, May 18, 2013.
Presenter, “Accountability and Transparency in Governance: The Role of the Media,”
International Visitor Leadership Program/US Department of State, Washington, D.C.,
May 8, 2013.
Panel discussion leader, Organizer, "Black and White and Dead All Over," Screening of a
2013 film, "Black and White and Dead All Over,” Newseum, Washington, D.C., May 4,
2013.
Invitation only; attendee/participant, Discussant, Seventh Annual Logan Symposium on
Investigative Journalism, University of California (Berkeley) Graduate School of
Journalism, Berkeley, CA, Published in proceedings, April 12, 2013.
Panel discussion leader, Organizer, "Watergate, Investigative Journalism and a Changing
Media Landscape," The Lessons of Watergate, Common Cause, National Press Club in
Washington, D.C., March 13, 2013.
Panel discussion leader, Presenter & Author, "Successful nonprofit business models,"
The Future of the Investigative News Network (INN), The Investigative News Network,
Pocantico, NY, January 2013.
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Speaker, “Investigating Power” release event, National Press Club, April 25, 2012.
Project co-sponsored by the Investigative Reporting Workshop, The Center for Public
Integrity and the Fund for Independence in Journalism. Also moderated a panel,
“Investigating Power: Then and Now,” featuring distinguished journalists/authors Bill
Kovach, Dana Priest and Barry Sussman.
Panel discussion leader, showcase panel (600-1,200 in audience), “Investigating Power,”
Investigative Reporters and Editors national conference, Boston, Massachusetts, June 15,
2012.
Panel discussion leader, “America: What Went Wrong 2012,” Investigative Reporters
and Editors (IRE) national conference, Boston, Massachusetts, June 16, 2012.
Panel discussion participant, "What Now?" Global Investigative Journalism conference,
Kiev, Ukraine, October 15, 2011 (conference attended by 500 journalists from roughly 80
countries).
Panel discussion leader, "Not Only Sport," Global Investigative Journalism conference,
Kiev, Ukraine, October 13, 2011
Keynote speaker, "Investigating Power and the Future of Truth," Arizona State
University Cronkite School of Journalism, Phoenix, Arizona, September 25, 2011.
Speaker, "The State of Nonprofit Investigative Journalism," Fifth Annual Logan
Symposium, University of California at Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism,
Berkeley, CA, April 19, 2011.
Panel discussion participant, "Nonprofit to the Rescue?" International Journalism
Festival, Perugia, Italy, April 16, 2011.
Panel discussion participant, "The News Frontier: Having an Impact," International
Journalism Festival, Perugia, Italy, April 15, 2011.
Panel discussion leader, Lewis, "Building Trust and Credibility," Advocacy Journalism in
the Digital Age conference, sponsored by the Ford Foundation, American University
School of Communication, and the Newseum, Washington, D.C., March 1, 2011.
Speaker (described the Investigative Reporting Workshop and introduced AU SOC
Distinguished Journalist in Residence Nick Clooney/Dan Rather, prior to screening the
movie "The Insider,""Reel Journalism at the Newseum, American University School of
Communication and the Newseum, Washington, D.C., March 1, 2011.
Panel discussion leader, "The New Journalism Ecosystem," Online News Association
national conference, Online News Association, Washington, D.C., October 29, 2010.
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Panel discussion participant, “Charitable and Trust Ownership of News Organisations,”
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford, Oxford, England,
September 13, 2010.
Panel discussion participant, "The New Initiatives," Fourth Annual Logan Symposium,
University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, April 18, 2010.
Panel discussion participant, "The New Watchdogs: Investigative Collaborations,”
American Society of News Editors (ASNE) national conference, Washington, D.C., April
14, 2010.
Keynote speaker, The Forum Club of South Florida, The Forum Club of South Florida,
Naples, Florida, April 9, 2010.
Invited speaker, about “A New Way of Journalism” (before an estimated 100 reporters
and editors, consecutive translation, available on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=jnpc#p/u/0/s_Bsf0nSmTc, major news stories in
Asahi Shimbun and Mainichi Shimbun newspapers, and the lecture will be reprinted in the
Japanese quarterly magazine General Journalism Review in March 2010). Japan National
Press Club, December 11, 2009, Tokyo, Japan
Keynote speaker, “A New Way of Journalism,” three-hour symposium (consecutive
translation, approximately 150 people), Waseda University Graduate School of
Journalism, December 10, 2009, Tokyo, Japan
Invited participant/speaker, panel on “Public- and Foundation-Funded Journalism,” twoday workshop entitled, “From Town Criers to Bloggers: How Will Journalism Survive
the Internet Age?” Federal Trade Commission, December 2, 2009, Washington, D.C.
Keynote speaker, “The Importance of Investigative Journalism,” Arab Reporters for
Investigative Journalism (ARIJ) second conference for approximately 200 Arab reporters
and editors from 14 countries, November 20, 2009, Amman, Jordan. Also spoke
November 19 to about 80 students and faculty members, Petra University, Amman,
Jordan.
Invited speaker, delivering the 24th annual Silha Lecture, entitled, “Unspoken Realities
about Investigative Journalism and the Law,” Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics
& Law, University of Minnesota, October 21, 2009, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Overflow
audience of 325 people, Minnesota Public Radio and other local media coverage.
Invited speaker/panelist, Ethnic Media Training Workshop, co-sponsored by
Investigative Reporting and Editors; New America Media; American University School
of Communication; Investigative Reporting Workshop, "Paper and Database Trails"
panel, American University SOC, October 17, 2009, Washington, D.C.
Invited presenter of the student essay award, second annual I.F. Stone Medal for
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Journalistic Independence ceremonies, American University, October 1, 2009,
Washington, D.C.
Invited participant/keynote speaker, Centre for Investigative Journalism Summer School
conference (130 attendees from four continents), City University, July 17-19, 2009,
London, England
Invited participant/speaker, “Building an Investigative News Network” special meeting
of 38 journalists representing 20 nonprofit news organizations (was one of four
organizers of the event; formally proposed the creation of an INN, including the name
itself, initial draftsman of the Pocantico Declaration forming the INN), June 29-July 1,
2009, Pocantico Conference Center, Westchester County, New York
Invited participant/speaker, Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) national conference
(moderated a panel entitled “Alternative models for investigative reporting”), June 11-14,
2009, Baltimore, Maryland
Invited speaker, College of Arts and Sciences graduates, immediately following the 160th
Commencement of the University of Delaware, May 30, 2009, Newark, Delaware
Invited speaker/panelist, "From Gatekeepers to InfoValets: Work Plans for Sustaining
Journalism," conference hosted by the George Washington University School of Media &
Public Affairs, organized by the University of Missouri Reynolds Journalism Institute,
May 27, 2009, Washington, D.C.
Invited participant/speaker, “The Future of Journalism,” a discussion meeting at the
National Academies (the Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education)
chaired by Nicholas Lemann, dean of the Columbia School of Journalism, May 21, 2009,
Washington, D.C.
Invited participant/speaker, Duke Conference on Nonprofit Media, held May 4-5, 2009,
at the DeWitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy, Duke University, Durham, NC
Invited speaker, Knight-Wallace Fellowship program, University of Michigan, April 7,
2009, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Panelist, “The State of Investigative Reporting: “What is the Answer?” (Other panelists
included Bill Keller of the New York Times and David Fanning of PBS Frontline). Third
annual Logan Symposium, April 3-5, 2009, at the Graduate School of Journalism,
University of California, Berkeley, CA
Co-organizer, co-sponsor and speaker, “Watchdog Conference: Enlarging the spaces for
investigative journalism: Countering threats, supporting innovations,” held March 12-13,
2009, at the Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University, New York, NY
Panelist in conjunction with the presentation of the first annual I.F. Stone Medal for
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Journalistic Independence, sponsored by the Harvard Nieman Foundation and held at the
Newseum in Washington, D.C., October 7, 2008.
Participant/speaker at the Sixth Austin Forum, at the University of Texas Knight Center
for Journalism in the Americas, Austin, Texas, which focused on investigative journalism
in Latin America and the Caribbean. September 19-20, 2008 (35 journalists and others
from 14 countries).
Invited speaker, opening panel, “What happened to journalism after 9/11,” Global
Investigative Journalism Conference, Lillehammer, Norway, September 11-14, 2008 (500
reporters, 87 countries).
Moderator, Showcase panel: “New directions for investigative journalism,” Investigative
Reporters and Editors national conference, Miami, Florida, June 6-8, 2008 (800
reporters).
Co-moderator of the 2008 Breaux Symposium, “New Models for News,” held April 2526, 2008 at the Manship School of Mass Communication and the Reilly Center for Media
& Public Affairs at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA. Also authored the
Introduction discussion paper.
Invited participant/speaker, Philip Meyer Symposium, “Raising the Ante: The Internet’s
Impact on Journalism Education and Existing Theories of Mass Communication,” March
27-28, 2008 in honor of Philip Meyer, retiring Knight Chair in Journalism, University of
North Carolina (Chapel Hill, NC). Authored a discussion paper, “Goodbye, Mr. Gates:
Are the gatekeepers irrelevant now that the fences are down.”
Invited keynote speaker: Beginning of the fifth annual meeting of FOPEA/Foro de
Periodismo Argentino (the national association of journalists in Argentina), Buenos
Aires, Argentina, November 30, 2007
Invited speaker: “Government Accountability and a Free Press,” featured luncheon
speaker and evening panel discussant, hosted by the College of Public Affairs and
Administration and the Center for State Policy and Leadership, University of Illinois,
Springfield, Illinois, November 7, 2007
Invited lecture: “How Do Democracies Deal with Corruption?” Conference co-sponsored
by The American University of Cairo and the American University, Washington, D.C.,
entitled “Are Islam and Democracy Compatible?” Cairo, Egypt, November 4, 2007.
(Paper requested and submitted)
Invited lecture: “Contemporary Issues in Public Administration,” Graduate School of
Urban Affairs and Public Policy, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, September
12, 2007
Invited discussant, “Showcase Panel: Keeping investigative journalism thriving:
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Strategies for the future,” Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) national conference,
Phoenix, Arizona, June 8, 2007
Invited discussant, “Roundtable: Business Models for Independent Investigative
Journalism Organizations,” Global Investigative Journalism conference, Toronto,
Canada, May 25, 2007
Invited participant, “Access to Information: Conference Preparatory Meeting,” The
Carter Center, Atlanta, Georgia, May 21-22, 2007
Invited discussant, The Goldsmith Awards Seminar, Joan Shorenstein Center on the
Press, Politics and Public Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard
University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, March 14, 2007 (The nonprofit organization I had
founded and directed for 15 years was given a Special Citation for its body of work at the
Goldsmith Awards the evening before. Along with the current Center for Public Integrity
executive director, I formally accepted it on behalf of the organization).
Invited lecture: “Under Siege: Truth, Journalism and an Informed Citizenry,” Fred W.
Smith Ethics Seminar lecture 2007, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, March 1, 2007
Invited participant, “Think Invent Act – A Conversation at the Reynolds School of
Journalism,” University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, February 28, 2007
Interviewer of author Alicia Shepard, “Woodward and Bernstein: Life in the Shadow of
Watergate,” reception/discussion/film screening (All the President’s Men), American
University School of Communication, November 10, 2006
Speaker, “You Call this Journalism? The Emerging Landscape of News” panel, part of
semi-annual Integrated Media Association conference at American University School of
Communication (Center for Social Media), November 9, 2006
Invited participant, “The Future of News,” conference celebrating the 20th anniversary of
the Joan Shorenstein Center on Press, Politics and Public Policy, Harvard University,
Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 13-14, 2006
Invited participant, “21st Century News: Challenges and Opportunities for Public-Minded
Media in the New-Media Age,” workshop sponsored by American University School of
Communication (Center for Social Media), October 4, 2006
Keynote speaker, Summer School and (European) Regional Conference on investigative
journalism, sponsored by the Centre for Investigative Journalism and City University,
London, England, July 22, 2006 (The other keynote speaker was Russian journalist Anna
Politkovskaya, who was murdered in Moscow weeks later).
“Can Free Media Sustain Democracy?” panel speaker, “Democracy and Independence:
Sharing News and Information in a Connected World” Media Giraffe Project national
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conference, University of Massachusetts (Amherst), June 29, 2006
“The future of investigative journalism, nonprofits, blogs and corporations,” one of two
panelists, Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) national conference, Ft. Worth,
Texas, June 17, 2006
Invited presenter, national security, secrecy and the news media workshop held for the
Carnegie-Knight journalism deans (Harvard, Columbia, Northwestern, University of
California (Berkeley) and University of Southern California Annenberg School), John
Shorenstein Center on Press, Politics and Public Policy, Harvard University, Cambridge,
MA, June 1, 2006
Invited luncheon speaker, New England Political Science Association annual meeting,
Portsmouth, NH, May 5, 2006
“Facts under Siege,” luncheon speech, national Freedom of Information Summit
conference, Indianapolis, Indiana, April 21, 2006
Invited speaker, national annual conference, organized by Stiftelsen for en Kritisk og
Undersøkende Presse (SKUP) – The Norwegian national foundation for investigative
journalism, attended by 600 reporters and editors. Tønsberg, Norway, March 21, 2006
Invited speaker, First International Conference on Investigative Journalism of the
Brazilian Association for Investigative Journalism (ABRAJI), attended by 300
journalists, students and teachers, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 27-29, 2005
Invited speaker, international conference on “The Changing Role of the State: Visions
and Experiences,” sponsored by the Ford Foundation. Issue paper requested and
submitted on “Public Integrity.” Cairo, Egypt, April 23-25, 2005
News Media:
New York Times, New York, New York, USA. (March 2013)
In March and April 2013, the Investigative Reporting Workshop and a contract writer we
had hired, filmmaker-in-residence Catherine Rentz, wrote two important immigration
detention solitary confinement stories (one on Page 1) in a joint byline with a Times staff
reporter. The Workshop was named in the text of the article, which prompted a public
reaction within 48 hours from then-Secretary of Homeland Secretary Janet Napolitano.
This editor-to-editor relationship was shepherded by Rentz and Workshop managing
editor Lynne Perri. Now, the two journalists (including Rentz) are collaborating to write a
New York Times Magazine article about the same overall subject, for publication in the
spring of 2014.
Global Journalist video interview/YouTube, Internet. (December 2013) Len Downie,
former executive editor of the Washington Post, Mark Horvit, IRE executive director,
and I were interviewed and the video is available on YouTube. Here it is:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b40zSdkY13E
American Press Institute, Internet. (November 4, 2013) Reporter Millie Tran did a story
about a major study the Workshop published, "Measuring Impact: The art, science and
mystery of nonprofit news assessment," by Hilary Niles and I. Tran's story.
Deutsche Welle blog, Internet. (September 12, 2013) In preparation for my talk at
Scoopcamp in Germany, profiled/interviewed by a German journalist
Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Radio. (August 2013) In the most popular daytime
ABC radio program, "live" in Melbourne, interviewed about the state of journalism in the
world.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation, TV. (August 2013) In Sydney, interviewed "live"
on a popular, prime-time Australian Broadcasting Corporation evening program, in studio
with others about the Prime Minister national Australian election. As co-author of three
Center for Public Integrity books with the title "The Buying of the President" 1996, 2000,
and 2004, I was asked about political influence in Australia. I responded in detail,
referencing transparency issues and predictable candidate/party alliances with interest
groups, etc.
Poynter Institute website, Internet. (August 19, 2013) Rick Edmonds of the respected
Poynter Institute wrote about the Workshop’s recent report in "Why it's time to stop
romanticizing & begin measuring investigative journalism's impact."
Nieman Journalism Lab, Internet. (July 13, 2013) The Nieman Journalism Lab is
published by Harvard University's Nieman Foundation. Reporter Caroline O'Donovan
wrote about the Workshop’s recent report in: "Journalists and their funders: Whose job is
it to measure impact, and how should it be done?"
Crikey, Internet. (June 13, 2013) Interviewed weeks before arriving and speaking in three
Australian cities by a very popular online site/publication there, Crikey. The article,
written by Matthew Knott, is entitled "Watching the Watchmen: Charles Lewis on nonprofit journalism."
Liberation, Newspaper. (April 16, 2013) Written by Lorraine Millot and published in the
famous French newspaper founded Jean-Paul Sartre, the translated title of the article is:
"The beginning of international journalism." Interviewed on the occasion of the
unprecedented global story involving 115 journalists and 50 media organizations
worldwide about offshore banking just published by the Center for Public Integrity
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.
Scores of past lectures and other public presentations on ethics, political influence,
corruption or investigative reporting throughout the United States and around the world.
Between 1989 and 2004, conducted 35 news conferences at the National Press Club in
Washington. Guest lectures at more than two dozen major colleges and universities,
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including American, University of California at Berkeley, University of California in Los
Angeles (UCLA), Cambridge (England), Columbia, Delaware, Duke, Florida Atlantic,
Georgetown, George Washington, Harvard, Illinois, Ithaca, Louisiana State University
(LSU), Marquette, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, New York (NYU), North Carolina,
Northwestern, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Pennsylvania, Penn State, Princeton, University
of Southern California (USC), Stanford, Trinity College (San Antonio, TX), Tufts,
Virginia, US Military Academy (West Point) and Wisconsin.
International speaking (or field research) on corruption or journalism in Argentina,
Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Egypt, England, France,
Hungary, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Norway, Russia, Sweden and South Africa. In early
1997, traveled to the troubled Ferghana Valley region of Uzbekistan and Kyrgystan in
Central Asia as part of a Council on Foreign Relations conflict-prevention fact-finding
mission.
Hundreds of media interviews about the influence of money on politics, abuses of power
and other ethics-related issues at the state, national and international level. Interviewed by
and quoted in such publications as the New York Times, the Washington Post, Wall Street
Journal, the Los Angeles Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer, USA Today, the Baltimore
Sun, Boston Globe, Miami Herald, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Dallas Morning News,
Houston Chronicle, Des Moines Register, San Diego Union Tribune, San Francisco
Chronicle, Denver Post, Seattle Times, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Chicago Tribune,
Financial Times, the Guardian, Time, Newsweek, U.S. News & World Report, Vanity
Fair, the New Yorker, Business Week and many others.
Numerous live and taped interviews with the electronic media, including NBC’s The
Today Show and Nightly News, ABC World News Tonight, Good Morning America,
20/20, Nightline, CBS News 60 Minutes, Evening News, and Morning News, CNN, CSPAN (conducted 35 news conferences at the National Press Club in Washington as
Executive Director of the Center for Public Integrity, many broadcast in their entirety)
general coverage and Washington Journal and Booknotes with Brian Lamb, Fox, PBS
Frontline, the News Hour with Jim Lehrer and NOW with Bill Moyers, National Public
Radio’s All Things
Considered, Morning Edition, Talk of the Nation, Fresh Air, On the Media, The Daily
Show with Jon Stewart, Imus in the Morning, MSNBC, CNBC, BBC, ZDF (Germany),
Australian Broadcasting, Nippon (Japan), South African Broadcasting Corporation, CBC
(Canada), CCTV (China), etc.
Interviewed for various feature film documentaries, including Orwell Rolls in His Grave
(2003); Why We Fight (2005); Iraq For Sale (2006); Black and White and Dead All Over
(2013)
Boards of Directors:
The Investigative News Network, Treasurer (2009-), Los Angeles, California; The
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Investigative Newsource (previously the Watchdog Institute), San Diego State
University, San Diego, California (founding President; 2009-2011, now a Board
member); Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism at the University of Wisconsin,
Madison, Wisconsin (Vice President; 2008- 2014, now a Board member); The Center for
Responsive Politics (2013-), Washington, D.C.; The Center for Public Integrity (20092012; prior service 1989-2004 including chair 1989-1999), Washington, D.C.; The Fund
for Investigative Journalism (1996- 2011), Washington, D.C.; The News Literacy Project
(Treasurer, 2008-2011); The Fund for Independence in Journalism (2003-2008);
Management Assistance Group (2000-2002).
Professional Affiliations:
Founder/member of Advisory Board, The Center for Public Integrity, Washington, D.C.
International advisor, Open Democracy Advice Centre, Cape Town, South Africa
Advisory Board, Sunlight Foundation, Washington, D.C.
Advisory Board, The Fund for Investigative Journalism, Washington, D.C. (June 2012 Present)
Advisory Board, Canadian Centre for Investigative Journalism (now defunct)
Advisory Board, New England Center for Investigative Reporting, Boston University,
Boston, Massachusetts (2009- )
Advisor, Citiscope, Washington, D.C.
Co-Founder and until 2010, Advisory Board member, Global Integrity (2005-2010); Paul
H. Douglas Ethics in Government Award Selection Committee (sponsored by Institute of
Government and Public Affairs, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois), 2005-2011.
Advisory Board, Kaiser Health News/Kaiser Family Foundation (2009-2011); Member:
Academy of Political Science, Association for Educators In Journalism and Mass
Communication; Committee of Concerned Journalists, Committee to Protect Journalists,
Investigative Reporters and Editors, National Press Club, PEN USA, the Society of
Environmental Journalists, the Society of Professional Journalists, Author’s Guild.