Bruce Shapiro, a veteran reporter on human rights, criminal justice and related issues, is the executive director of the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma. Shapiro is a regular contributor to The Nation and many other publications, and for the past decade has taught investigative journalism at Yale University. Shapiro’s leadership in reforming news coverage of violence dates from 1994, when he was critically injured in a stabbing near his New Haven, Connecticut home. Shapiro’s account of his journey from crime reporter to crime victim, published in The Nation in 1995, was a National Magazine Award finalist in essays and criticism. Over the next several years he reported extensively on crime victims and American society. 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).