Bruce Shapiro

Bruce Shapiro "is a longtime contributing editor of The Nation and the Executive Director of the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma. He also teaches investigative journalism at Yale University. As a reporter and essayist Shapiro has written extensively on politics, human rights and civil liberties. He is the author of Shaking the Foundations: 200 Years of Investigative Journalism in America (Nation Books) and co-author of Legal Lynching: The Death Penalty and America's Future (New Press), with Rev. Jesse Jackson and Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr." [1]

"Before becoming executive director in 2006, Shapiro was a consultant to the Dart Center, launching a wide range of activities both in the US and worldwide in locations as diverse as New Orleans and Belfast.

Shapiro’s most recent book is Shaking the Foundations: 200 Years of Investigative Journalism in America (Nation Books). He is co-author of Legal Lynching: The Death Penalty and America's Future, with Rev. Jesse Jackson and Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (New Press)."

• Director, Iran Human Rights Documentation Center