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Andrew Lehren (he / him)

Global Investigations Editor@CUNY Graduate School of Journalism

What I can offer as a mentor

I really want you to succeed -- to do journalism that matters. I've worked on investigations from the local level to international collaborations. I have deep roots in doing data-driven investigations on a wide range of topics, from national security to medicine to international money laundering to environmental deep dives.

Biography

Andy Lehren is global investigations editor for the environmental news organization Mongabay, and is director of investigative reporting at the CUNY Newmark Graduate School of Journalism. Previously he was an investigative reporter and editor for NBC News and The New York Times. Led NBC`s work on the FinCEN Files collaboration. Mined the Snowden files. Probed Wikileaks diplomatic cables troves, including for the best-selling book Open Secrets. Covered the military, policing. terrorism, more. Honors include a Polk, Peabody, two duPonts, three Murrows, four IRE awards, part of Pulitzer winner and Pulitzer finalist investigations.