Investigative Journalist & Author on National Security; Pulitzer Prize Winner; Senior Advisor at Brennan Center for Justice; Author of "Angler"
Barton Gellman Biography
Barton Gellman is an investigative journalist and author recognized for his reporting on national security, government power, and civil liberties. After more than two decades at The Washington Post, where he served as legal, military, diplomatic, and Middle East correspondent, Gellman established a record for pursuing stories in the public interest. He graduated with highest honors from Princeton University and earned a master's degree in politics at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar.
Gellman's work includes reporting on significant events and figures in modern history. He led the team that won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for coverage of the National Security Agency and Edward Snowden, received the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for a series on Vice President Dick Cheney, and contributed to Pulitzer-winning coverage of the 9/11 attacks and their aftermath. His professional honors include two George Polk Awards in Journalism, two Overseas Press Club awards, two Emmy Awards for a PBS Frontline documentary, Harvard University's Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.
As an author, Gellman has written books on American power and surveillance. His book, "Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency," won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and was named a New York Times Best Book. The book inspired the film "Vice," starring Christian Bale, Amy Adams, and Steve Carell. His subsequent book, "Dark Mirror: Edward Snowden and the American Surveillance State," provides an inside narrative of investigative reporting and examines the surveillance state. Gellman was one of three journalists to receive classified NSA documents from Edward Snowden, and the book draws on extensive conversations with Snowden and reporting across multiple continents.
Gellman's Atlantic cover story warned of the risks that Donald Trump would seek to remain in power even if he lost the presidential election, a piece that influenced public discourse on democracy and election integrity. Gellman serves as senior advisor at the Brennan Center for Justice, focusing on democracy and the rule of law. He has also held roles as senior fellow at The Century Foundation, lecturer at Princeton's School of Public and International Affairs, and visiting research collaborator at Princeton's Center for Information Technology Policy. Gellman's career in journalism has contributed to public understanding of government secrecy, accountability, and the future of the free press.
Barton Gellman Speaking Topics
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Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency
Barton Gellman Videos
Barton Gellman, “Democracy in Crisis”
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author Barton Gellman in conversation with Michigan Law Professor from Practice Barbara McQuade,
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