Award-winning reporter Charles M. Sennott will deliver the 2013 Christiane Amanpour Lecture at the University of Rhode Island.

Update: In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings, Sennott will focus his talk this bombing but in the context of other about terrorist bombings that he has covered over the years from Belfast and London to Iraq and beyond. Sennot is from Boston.

Sennott, co-founder of GlobalPost, an international news website, will speak about “Ground Truth: Why it’s crucial for the U.S. to have reporters on the ground in international venues.’’ Sennott will also discuss his coverage of the Arab Spring and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

The Christiane Amanpour Lecture is named for the 1983 URI alumna and 1995 honorary degree recipient who is the chief international correspondent for CNN International. She is also the anchor of Amanpour, a nightly foreign affairs program on CNN International.