Daniel DeFraia

Daniel DeFraia a journalist-in-residence at Emerson College and a freelance investigative reporter with a PhD (2022) from Boston University. Currently, he is writing a book, 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, 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.