18 Facts About Lowell Bergman

Lowell Bergman was born on July 24,1945 and is an American journalist, television producer, and professor of journalism.

Lowell Bergman founded the investigative reporting program at the Graduate School of Journalism at UC Berkeley and taught there as a professor for 28 years.

Lowell Bergman was a producer and correspondent for the PBS documentary series Frontline.

From 1999 to 2008, Lowell Bergman was an investigative correspondent for The New York Times.

Lowell Bergman's grandmother was the first secretary-treasurer of an ILGWU local in New York; his grandfather was a founder.

Lowell Bergman's mother was born in the United States, had a career in the fashion industry, taught gourmet cooking, and then managed apartment units in Mt.

Lowell Bergman went on to contribute to Ramparts, The San Francisco Examiner, Rolling Stone, and The New York Times.

In 1977, Lowell Bergman helped found the Center for Investigative Reporting.

Lowell Bergman was part of the reporting team that continued the work of Arizona Republic reporter Don Bolles, who was assassinated in 1976 while investigating land fraud committed by organized crime.

From 1978 until 1983, Lowell Bergman was a producer and reporter and was then in charge of investigative reporting at ABC News.

In 1983, Lowell Bergman joined CBS News as a producer for the weekly newsmagazine 60 Minutes and worked with its lead correspondent, Mike Wallace.

Lowell Bergman produced the first US television interviews with Lebanon's Hezbollah leadership in the early 1990s.

Lowell Bergman established an alliance between The New York Times and Frontline after leaving network news in the late 1990s.

Lowell Bergman is the recipient of numerous Emmys and other honors, including six Alfred I duPont-Columbia University Silver and Golden awards, three Peabodys, a Writers Guild Award, the National Press Club's Consumer Journalism Award for Television on the credit card industry, a George Polk Award, a Sidney Hillman award for labor reporting, and the James Madison Freedom of Information Award for Career Achievement from the Society of Professional Journalists.

Lowell Bergman has mentored many journalists and facilitated the publication of student projects in major media outlets.

Lowell Bergman helps secure financial support from private donors and foundations for student travel and research.

Lowell Bergman served as Executive Director and Chairman of the Board of the UC Berkeley-affiliated Investigative Studios, a non-profit production company, until late 2019.

In May 2007, Lowell Bergman established three annual Fellowships in Investigative Reporting at UC Berkeley.