Philip Bennett
Former Special Projects Editor
Philip Bennett was FRONTLINE’s Special Projects Editor. He has spent more than 30 years as a foreign correspondent, newspaper editor and television journalist.
Since 2016 he has co-produced a dozen FRONTLINE films, including Divided States of America (2017), the Emmy award-winning The Choice 2016 and America’s Great Divide: From Obama to Trump (2020). As Special Projects Editor he launched FRONTLINE’s Transparency Project and works on investigative projects with newsrooms around the country as part of the FRONTLINE Local Journalism Initiative.
Bennett was the managing editor of FRONTLINE between 2011-13, helping to oversee the series’ journalism. Before working in documentary film, he was managing editor...
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Stories from Philip Bennett
Trump’s Power & the Rule of Law
The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump
Biden’s Decision
Pelosi’s Power
Putin’s Road to War
Pegasus Spyware Placed on Phone of Jamal Khashoggi’s Wife Before his Murder, Washington Post Reports
America After 9/11
Can Police Reform Work? A Mayor and a Historian Discuss Policing in Newark, N.J.
‘It’s a Very Tough Job’: In Rural Wisconsin, a Struggle to Save Family Farms and a Way of Life
Trump’s American Carnage
President Biden
Behind ‘The Choice’: How We Filmed 47 Interviews in a Pandemic
Policies
Teacher Center
Jon and Jo Ann Hagler on behalf of the Jon L. Hagler Foundation
Koo and Patricia Yuen
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