Bruce Shapiro

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Bruce Shapiro is an American journalist, commentator and author. He is executive director of the Global Center for Journalism and Trauma, [1] a resource center and think tank for journalists who cover violence, conflict and tragedy. Shapiro was previously executive director of the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, [2] based at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, [3] which was sunset by Columbia 2025. [4] In 2014 Shapiro received the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Public Advocacy Award recognizing "outstanding and fundamental contributions to the social understanding of trauma." [5] In 2025 he delivered the Annual Humanities Horizons Lecture at Trinity College Dublin, focusing on the relationship between violence, public storytelling and the rise of authoritarianism, [6] [7] a theme he echoed later that year in a keynote address at the ImedD International Journalism Forum in Athens. [8]

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Shapiro is a contributing editor at The Nation magazine [9] and provides a weekly report on U.S. politics and culture to the Australian radio program Late Night Live . [10] Has been an adjunct professor at Columbia Journalism School, where he taught ethics for more than a decade, and a lecturer at Yale University, where he has taught investigative journalism since 1994. Shapiro served on the board of directors and executive committee of the Global Investigative Journalism Network and is on the advisory board of the Rory Peck Trust based in London.

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  1. "About the Global Center for Journalism and Trauma - People". Global Center for Journalism and Trauma. August 1, 2025.
  2. "People | Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma". Dartcenter.org. Archived from the original on 2007-10-20. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
  3. "Home - Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism". Journalism.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
  4. Cobb, Jelani. "Summer updates." Received by jschool-faculty@columbia.edu, July 3, 2025.
  5. "ISTSS | Awards and Honors". Archived from the original on 2014-12-26. Retrieved 2014-12-26.
  6. Dublin, Trinity College. "2025 Annual Humanities Horizons Lecture - Trinity Long Room Hub Arts & Humanities Research Institute | Trinity College Dublin". www.tcd.ie. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
  7. Mitchell, Brought to you byABC Radio NationalPresented byNatasha (2025-05-22). "If it bleeds it leads – Bruce Shapiro on documenting the violence of modern life". ABC listen. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
  8. "Reporting on Trauma Without Understanding It: Bruce Shapiro on Journalism's Blind Spot". tovima.com. 2025-10-09. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
  9. "Bruce Shapiro". The Nation. 2 April 2010. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
  10. "Late Night Live - ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)". Abc.net.au. Retrieved 2014-01-15.