Producer “Frontline” (San Francisco)

Producer “Frontline” (San Francisco)

Lowell Bergman is a producer/correspondent for the PBS documentary series Frontline and Distinguished Professor of Investigative Reporting at the Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism where he has taught a seminar dedicated to investigative reporting for over 15 years.

Bergman is also a consultant to Frontline, advising them on the expansion of their hard news reporting, as well as an advisor to non-profit investigative news organizations like the Center for Investigative Reporting and ProPublica. For a decade from 1999-2008 he was an investigative correspondent for the New York Times.

The U.C. Berkeley Investigative Reporting Program is without peer at any academic institution in the US. It is designed to nurture young journalists who want to pursue a career in in-depth public service reporting by providing them with a salary, benefits and editorial guidance.

Bergmans career highlights include: Editor of Rolling Stone magazine; co-founder of The Center for Investigative Reporting; Director of Investigative Reporting at ABC News; 60 Minutes producer where over the course of 14 years he produced more than 50 stories The story of his investigation of the tobacco industry for 60 Minutes was chronicled in the Academy Award nominated feature film The Insider.

He has received honors in both print and broadcasting