Carroll Bogert is the former president of
The Marshall Project
The Marshall Project is an American nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system. The organization's mission is to impact the system through journalism, and states that its goal is to create and sustain a sense of nation ...
, former foreign correspondent for
Newsweek
''Newsweek'' is an American weekly news magazine based in New York City. Founded as a weekly print magazine in 1933, it was widely distributed during the 20th century and has had many notable editors-in-chief. It is currently co-owned by Dev P ...
, and former associate director of
Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch (HRW) is an international non-governmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on human rights. Headquartered in New York City, the group investigates and reports on issues including War crime, war crimes, crim ...
.
Education
Bogert earned an MA in East Asian studies and a BA magna cum laude from
Harvard University
Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...
. Bogert speaks Russian, French, and Mandarin. In 2019, Bogert was awarded the Centennial Medal from Harvard.
Career
Bogert worked as a foreign correspondent for ''Newsweek'', based in southeast Asia, the Soviet Union, and China. While at Newsweek, Bogert covered significant historical events including the
Tiananmen Square protests and the
collapse of the Soviet Union
The Soviet Union was formally dissolved as a sovereign state and subject of international law on 26 December 1991 by Declaration No. 142-N of the Soviet of the Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. Declaration No. 142-Н of ...
. For 18 years, Bogert served as deputy director of Human Rights Watch, leading global media production for the organization.
In 2016, Bogert was named President of the Marshall Project.
On February 28th, 2025, Bogert stepped down as president of The Marshall Project.
References
External links
MIT - Media Lab Conversations Series: Carroll Bogert - 2012Interview with Denver Frederick - 2017Carroll Bogert discusses the power of speaking the truth - Start TV - 2019NPF’s Crime Coverage Summit: “How Journalists are Improving Crime Coverage.” - 2023
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Living people
Harvard University alumni
American reporters and correspondents
Year of birth missing (living people)