War Reporter to Speak at Greens Farms Academy

Charles M. Sennott, a former Middle East bureau chief for the Boston Globe and a war correspondent who has covered wars and insurgencies in 15 countries, will speak Tuesday, April 28 at Greens Farms Academy.

The public is invited and the event is free, the school has announced.

Sennott is founder and executive director of The GroundTruth Project, created to train “international journalists for the digital age,” according to a news release from Greens Farms Academy.

The award-winning foreign correspondent, author, and editor has 30 years of experience in journalism and reported on the 2011 revolution in Cairo and the Arab Spring. He was the Boston Globe’s Middle East bureau chief based in Jerusalem from 1997 to 2001 and Europe bureau chief based in London from 2001 to 2005.

“During his talk, he will share how today’s international journalists are targeted more than any other time in memory — a time of peril that directly impacts freedom of expression around the world,” Greens Farms Academy said in a news release.

Sennott will speak from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Choral Room at Greens Farms Academy. To RSVP or to get more information, visit the school website or contact Alison Freeland at 203-256-7548 or email afreeland@gfacademy.org.

Photo (contributed): Charles M. Sennott, shown on location in Afghanistan.