Investigative Reporting Workshop
Charles Lewis is a distinguished Professor of Journalism at American University, where responsibilities include teaching courses in In-Depth Journalism and International Investigative Journalism since September 2006. Promoted to full professor with tenure in December 2009, Lewis also serves as the Executive Editor of the Investigative Reporting Workshop, focusing on multimedia investigative journalism since June 2006. As the founding President of The Fund for Independence in Journalism from January 2005 to December 2008, Lewis helped establish a crucial support organization for journalistic integrity. Additionally, Lewis founded the Center for Public Integrity and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, fostering significant advancements in cross-border investigative reporting from October 1989 to December 2004. Previous roles include producing for CBS News 60 Minutes and investigative reporting at ABC News. Lewis holds a Master’s degree in International Studies from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and a Bachelor's degree in Political Science from the University of Delaware.
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Investigative Reporting Workshop
The Investigative Reporting Workshop, based at the School of Communication at American University, was founded in 2008 by longtime investigative journalist Chuck Lewis, who continues to report and write for the site and national publications. Our own staff and freelancers contribute to our site. In addition, IRW pairs graduate students as researchers and reporters with professional staff at The Washington Post and PBS FRONTLINE. Other media outlets have co-reported and co-published Workshop stories, including inewsource and KPBS in San Diego; WAMU-FM in Washington, D.C.; Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting; The New Yorker; The New York Times; and the Columbia Journalism Review. Two of our most recent 2020 projects, investigations into water quality — and racial, economic and political factors contributing to lack of clean water — have been co-reported by The Weather Channel and co-published by The Fresno Bee and the Tampa Bay Times. The Workshop has published more than 200 stories, won a dozen national awards and trained more than 160 students.