Charles Lewis

Charles Lewis is the president of the Fund for Independence in Journalism, in Washington, and co-author of five books, including the bestseller, The Buying of the President, 2004. He founded (and served 15 years as executive director) the Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit, nonpartisan investigative reporting organization. From 1977 to 1988, he did investigative reporting at ABC News and at the CBS News program 60 Minutes. In 1998, Lewis was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship, and, in 2004, he received the PEN USA First Amendment award. His research at the Shorenstein Center focused on power, the news media, and the people’s right to know.