{"id":15597,"date":"2026-03-23T15:43:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T19:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/?p=15597"},"modified":"2026-03-30T11:33:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T15:33:55","slug":"defending-local-news-and-a-free-press-featuring-tim-white","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/harrington\/events\/2026\/03\/23\/defending-local-news-and-a-free-press-featuring-tim-white\/","title":{"rendered":"Defending Local News and a Free Press featuring Tim White"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Tim White is the managing editor and chief investigative reporter at WPRI-TV (CBS 12) in Providence, Rhode Island, where he leads the Target 12 investigative unit. He is also the executive producer and host of Newsmakers, the station\u2019s long-running weekly current affairs program, and plays a key role in WPRI\u2019s election coverage, having moderated numerous live candidate debates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tim is the recipient of seven New England Emmy Awards, including five for investigative reporting, and eight regional Edward R. Murrow Awards, including five for investigative reporting. His award-winning work has held power to account, uncovered public corruption, and driven meaningful change\u2014including criminal convictions of public officials, the resignation of a police chief, and new scrutiny of government programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He is a graduate of Roger Williams University School of Law, where he earned a Master of Studies in Law degree summa cum laude in 2022. Tim teaches as an adjunct professor at Roger Williams University, where his courses include Media Law & Ethics and Broadcast News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tim is the co-author of \u201cThe Last Good Heist,\u201d the untold story of a daring 1975 robbery of a secret vault of safe deposit boxes used by members of the New England mob and their associates. He also produced \u201cThe Last Don of Providence,\u201d a four-part investigative docuseries on organized crime in New England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prior to joining WPRI, Tim worked in the Boston as managing editor at WBZ-TV, the city\u2019s CBS affiliate, where he helped coordinate coverage of the 9\/11 terror attacks, led the station\u2019s political unit, and was part of teams honored with a National Edward R. Murrow Award. He was a longtime board member and current advisor of the New England First Amendment Coalition, an organization dedicated to defending and expanding public access to government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Born in Newport, Rhode Island, Tim is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is the son of the late Jack White, the Pulitzer Prize\u2013winning investigative reporter. He lives in Rhode Island with his family.<\/p>\n\n\n

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