Charles Lewis Author and Journalist

  • Investigating Power

    Investigating Power

    This multimedia presentation documents "truth to power" moments in contemporary U.S. history and some of the distinguished journalists behind them. And it illuminates the inherent, incalculable value of original, independent reporting in our nation and in the world.

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    Investigative Reporting @ Work

    The Investigative Reporting Workshop, a project of the School of Communication at American University, conducts significant investigative journalism projects on a national and international scale.

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  • Forthcoming Book: The Future of Truth

    Forthcoming Book from Charles Lewis

    In The Future of Truth, Lewis examines the many times governments and corporations hid the truth from the public, with deadly consequences. In many cases, the truth about a variety of American crises - from Vietnam to Iraq to tobacco - was not exposed until years or decades after the fact.

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    Buying of the President

    Lewis and the Center for Public Integrity expose the moneyed interests behind many of the decisions made by President George W. Bush as well as his Democratic opponents. A New York Times bestseller.

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"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be."

Thomas Jefferson
1816


About Charles Lewis

Charles Lewis

Charles Lewis, a former 60 Minutes producer who founded The Center for Public Integrity, is a MacArthur Fellow and the founding executive editor of the new Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University.

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Journalism Across Borders

Chuck's Travels

Lewis regularly travels nationally and internationally to talk about his investigative reporting and the future of journalism. 

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