Dan DeFraia is a professor and investigative journalist who teaches courses on the digital humanities, journalism history, media law and ethics, and reporting. He received his PhD in American Studies from Boston University in 2022. His first book, Shadow Press: Journalism for the American State, which excavates the history of an idea – journalistic independent – is under contract with the University of Missouri Press. Previously, he was a Steiger Fellow at the Committee to Protect Journalists and worked in their journalist assistance program. Before that he reported for GlobalPost and other news outlets. He lives in Boston.
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