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GroundTruth

Charles Sennott, Wilson Liévano, Alana Campbell
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Icons of the 1960s including Walter Cronkite, President John F. Kennedy, the Beatles, astronaut John Glenn, and Sgt. Pepper’s album, along with a Christmas 1962 photo featuring six-month-old Charlie Sennott in the crib and surrounded by his...

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The magnificence of human-centered journalism

A.G. Sulzberger, The New York Times Chairman and Publisher, speaking at WAN-IFRA’s World News Media Congress. (Photo from WAN-IFRA)

Last month, Pope Leo XIV delivered an encyclical entitled “Magnifica Humanitas,” or “Magnificent Humanity:...

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The Presses Keep Rolling

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The magnificence of humanity

Attendee holds a copy of Pope Leo XIV’s first encyclical, distributed at his presentation at the Vatican, Monday, May 25, 2026. (Alessandra Tarantino for AP)

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  • Charles Sennott

    Founder of GroundTruth + Publisher of my local newspaper, MVTimes.com.

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    Wilson Liévano is GroundTruth’s Managing Editor. Previously he ran Animated Press, his motion graphics studio. Before that, he coordinated the online editorial operations of Spanish-language edition of The Wall Street Journal.

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