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Charles Lewis

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Charles Lewis is Distinguished Journalist in Residence and professor at American University and was president of the Fund for Independence in Journalism in Washington, D.C from 2005 to 2008. A former producer at “60 Minutes,” Lewis founded and for 15 years directed the Center for Public Integrity, where he coauthored five books.

Murrey Marder: “Utterly Tenacious About the Truth”

Murrey Marder, who wrote for The Washington Post for 39 years, was one of the most significant journalists of our time. He will be best remembered for having been the…
April 4, 2013

Universities and Investigative Journalism

RELATED ARTICLES“Seeking New Ways to Nurture the Capacity to Report” – Charles Lewis“Watchdog Reporting: Exploring Its Myth”– Florence Graves“Squeezing Substance…
March 15, 2008

Selling the Iraq War: Unearthing False Advertising

For the first time, five years after the start of the Iraq War, journalists and citizens can view what the most prominent Bush administration officials said publicly, juxtaposed against what…
March 15, 2008

Seeking New Ways to Nurture the Capacity to Report

‘Without an independent news media, there is no credibly informed citizenry.’
March 15, 2008

Investigative Journalism Doesn’t Win Many Friends

‘… just about everything has been tried to discourage these kinds of investigations by those who are unhappy with what we find.’
June 15, 2006

The Center for Public Integrity: What It Is

From its founding in 1989 to the end of 2004, when I stepped down as its director, the nonpartisan Center for Public Integrity grew to a full-time staff of 40…
June 15, 2006

Freedom of Information Under Attack

In the name of ‘homeland security,’ the work of journalists is made harder.
June 15, 2002