Josh wrote the screenplay for “Spotlight,” a film portraying The Boston Globe investigation into abuses by clergy members in the Catholic Church. He also wrote the screenplay for “The Fifth Estate,” which screened at the 2013 ONA conference. He has written and produced episodes of “The West Wing,” “Law and Order: Special Victims Unit,” “Lie to Me” and “Fringe.” In 2006, he was nominated for a WGA award for his work on the Season Five finale of “The West Wing,” a teleplay that addressed the Israeli Palestinian conflict. In 2008, his first teleplay for “Law & Order: SVU” was recognized at the inaugural Television Academy Honors for considering the role American medical professionals have played in state-sponsored torture.
Josh Singer
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- A Hollywood ‘Spotlight’ On Award-Winning Boston Globe Investigation — ONA15, September 23, 2015