I'm a visiting journalism professor at Emerson College and a freelance investigative reporter. I hold a PhD (2022) from Boston University. Currently, I'm writing a narrative history, titled “State Work: American Reporters and Journalistic Independence, 1890 - 1980,” which excavates the history of an idea - the modern independent reporter - told through the lives of several reporters and their secret relationships with the U.S. state.
Previously, I was a Steiger Fellow at the Committee to Protect Journalists and worked in their journalist assistance program. Before that I reported for GlobalPost and other news outlets.
DanDeFraia@Gmail.com