Journalism Advisory Panel

POGO’s Journalism Advisory Panel provides guidance to POGO Investigates on building and maintaining a principled, credible, successful, and innovative investigative journalism program. On occasion, panel members also serve as thought partners on investigative stories.

The advisory panel is composed of a small group of investigative reporters and other seasoned journalists who generously donate their time to support POGO Investigates by weighing in on strategy and scope, reviewing key policies and procedures, and serving as a sounding board for new ideas. Members of this advisory panel have no fiduciary responsibility to the organization.

Members

Scott Bronstein

Scott Bronstein is an award-winning investigative journalist, long-form storyteller, and digital writer and producer.

For the last 20 years, Scott has been one of CNN’s senior investigative producers and writers, where he has reported, written, and assembled long-form and daily news stories and documentaries that were published on CNN.com and aired on CNN domestically and internationally. He led teams that worked and interfaced across the network to bring these compelling stories to CNN audiences through multiple platforms. Prior to working at CNN, Scott was an award-winning staff producer and writer for 60 Minutes (CBS News), ABC News, National Geographic TV and Film, and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Early in his career he also worked at The New York Times, and at Colorado Public Radio.

Scott’s stories and investigations have won multiple Emmy Awards, Peabody Awards, the Edward R. Murrow Award, the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award, and the Overseas Press Club Award, among others.

Lucy Dalglish

Professor Lucy A. Dalglish teaches media law and ethics courses at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism, where she also served as dean from 2012 until 2023. She was executive director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press from 2000 to 2012. Prior to assuming the Reporters Committee position, she had been a media lawyer for almost five years in the trial department of the Minneapolis law firm of Dorsey & Whitney.

From 1980 to 1993, Lucy was a reporter and editor at the St. Paul Pioneer Press. She was awarded the 2021 Scripps Howard Award for Administrator of the Year by the Scripps Howard Foundation and the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. In 2012, she was awarded the Kiplinger Award by the National Press Foundation for her service to journalism. She was also awarded the Wells Memorial Key, the highest honor bestowed by the Society of Professional Journalists, in 1995. A year later, she was one of 24 journalists, lawyers, lawmakers, educators, researchers, librarians, and historians inducted into the charter class of the National Freedom of Information Act Hall of Fame in Washington, DC.

Lucy appears frequently in print, online and broadcast stories about issues involving the media and the First Amendment. She has been a national leader in supporting open-meeting and open-records laws at the state and federal level, as well as a key player in the effort to pass state and federal reporters “shield laws.” She served for 10 years on the board of the News Leaders Association, formerly known as the American Society of News Editors.

Matt DeRienzo

Matt DeRienzo is director of SciLine, a nonprofit that helps journalists access, understand, and incorporate scientific research into their work. From 2020 to 2024, he was editor-in-chief of the Center for Public Integrity, during which the nonprofit newsroom produced investigative reporting that was recognized as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, a duPont Award, a Peabody nomination, and the national Edward R. Murrow Award for General Excellence, among other honors.

He was previously vice president of news for Hearst’s newspapers in Connecticut, and the first full-time executive director of LION, a nonprofit that supports local independent online news publishers across the country.

Mark Greenblatt

Mark Greenblatt is executive editor and professor of practice at the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School. A three-time Peabody Award winner, he teaches and leads collaborations on high-impact multimedia investigations and oversees both local and national investigative ventures for the Cronkite School.

Before joining Cronkite, he spent more than a decade in Washington, DC, as senior national investigative correspondent for Scripps News where his work led to new laws, institutional reforms, and international investigations. His reporting has earned the duPont-Columbia Award, the IRE Medal, the Livingston Award, two national Emmy Awards for investigative reporting, and multiple national Edward R. Murrow Awards. He is also a two-time finalist for Harvard’s Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting.

Mark currently serves as treasurer and is a member of the board of directors for Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE), the largest membership organization of journalists in the United States. He is the past treasurer and past president of the Washington, DC-based Fund for Investigative Journalism.

Joe Johns

Joe Johns is an Emmy Award-winning journalist, Virginia attorney, and member of POGO’s Board of Directors. He was CNN’s senior Washington correspondent, covering politics, law, and government, including the Supreme Court and the Department of Justice. He reported extensively on President Donald Trump, from his 2015 campaign launch through his presidency and beyond.

Previously, Joe was a Capitol Hill correspondent for NBC’s TODAY and contributed to NBC Nightly News, MSNBC, and CNBC. He joined CNN in 2004, where he covered six U.S. presidents and frequently hosted programs like The Situation Room and CNN Newsroom.

As CNN’s justice correspondent, Joe covered the Supreme Court, the Department of Justice, the FBI, and law enforcement. He also narrated two CNN documentaries: Death By Mail: The Anthrax Letters and Voters in America: Who Counts?, which examined voter suppression and fraud in the 2012 election.

Joe has anchored major breaking news events, including the 2008 Democratic presidential debate, the 2008 Mumbai attacks, and the 2009 Christmas Day bombing attempt. His international reporting includes coverage of the Haiti earthquake and missionary kidnappings in 2021.

Adam Zagorin

Adam Zagorin focuses on investigations primarily involving national security and violations of securities laws. As a freelance contributor, journalist-in-residence, and senior investigator for POGO from 2009 until 2022, he produced reports on security risks surrounding the protection of U.S. diplomatic and other facilities abroad, links between a major U.S. military contractor and Iran, and enforcement issues at the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Adam was a senior correspondent at TIME magazine in Washington, DC, from 1978 to 2009. He received a B.A. from Northwestern University, an M.A. from Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs, and a degree in Arabic from the Center for Arabic Study Abroad in Cairo. Adam has appeared as a commentator on CBS, ABC, NBC, Fox, CNN, PBS News Hour, Charlie Rose, The Diane Rehm Show, and other television and radio venues.