Pulitzer Prize winner Walter “Robby” Robinson, editor-at-large of the Boston Globe, will speak in the auditorium at the Connecticut Mental Health Center (CMHC) on Tuesday, November 15, at 5:00 pm as a Poynter Fellow in Journalism.
Robinson led the Globe’s investigative Spotlight Team for seven years, during which time the team uncovered the Catholic Church sexual abuse scandal. The story inspired the Academy Award-winning film "Spotlight." Robinson has been city editor, metro editor, White House correspondent, and foreign correspondent. He has reported for the Globe from 48 states and more than 30 countries.
Robinson's talk at CMHC, located at 34 Park St., is open to the public. He will also speak at a tea at 4:00 pm Wednesday, November 16, at Yale's Davenport College, 248 York St. That discussion is open to the public. It will precede an 8:00 pm screening of "Spotlight" at Davenport. The screening is open to the Yale community only.
In addition to the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, Robinson is also the recipient of the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting from Harvard University, the Investigative Reporters and Editors Award, the Selden Ring Award, the Worth Bingham Prize, and the Archeological Institute of America Award for outstanding public service.
The Poynter Fellowship in Journalism was established by Nelson Poynter, who received his master’s degree in 1927 from Yale. The fellowship brings to campus journalists from a wide variety of media outlets who have made significant contributions to their field. Among recent Poynter fellows are Caitlin Shetterly, Maziar Bahari, and Farai Chideya.