FORA.tv Speaker - Lowell Bergman

Lowell Bergman is a producer/correspondent for the PBS documentary series Frontline. Bergman is also the Reva and David Logan Distinguished Professor at the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California at Berkeley, where he has taught a seminar dedicated to investigative reporting for over 10 years.

Bergman's career spans nearly four decades. In 1977, he co-founded the nonprofit Center for Investigative Reporting. From 1978 to 1983, he was a producer, a reporter and then the director of investigative reporting at ABC News. He was one of the original producers of "20/20." In 1983, Bergman joined CBS News as a producer for "60 Minutes" where, over the course of 14 years, he developed stories on subjects ranging from organized crime to terrorism to corporate crime. The story of his investigation into the tobacco industry was chronicled in the Academy Award–nominated film "The Insider." From 1999 to 2008, Bergman was an investigative correspondent for the New York Times.

Creating collaborative investigative projects using broadcast, print and the Web became his specialty and he was rewarded with nearly every award in all media platforms. In addition, Professor Bergman consistently integrates students from his seminar into various projects, a practice that continues to this day.