Danielle Mackey Email & Phone Number

New York, United States

Part-time fact-checking. Additionally, I write for The New Yorker and other publications.https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/danielle-marie-mackeyhttps://daniellemariemackey.com/about/

San Salvador, El Salvador

Longform, investigative journalist based mostly in El Salvador. I wrote for various online outlets in the U.S. and Central America, and was a contributing writer to Contracorriente in Honduras.My reporting has been supported by grants from the Fund for Constitutional Government, the Fund for Investigative Journalism, and the International Women's Media Foundation. I spent most of 2008 until 2021 living in El Salvador. (From 2013 - 2015, I did a master's in NYC, and was thus only… Show more Longform, investigative journalist based mostly in El Salvador. I wrote for various online outlets in the U.S. and Central America, and was a contributing writer to Contracorriente in Honduras.My reporting has been supported by grants from the Fund for Constitutional Government, the Fund for Investigative Journalism, and the International Women's Media Foundation. I spent most of 2008 until 2021 living in El Salvador. (From 2013 - 2015, I did a master's in NYC, and was thus only in ES in the summers then.)Other Fellowships and Workshops: - IWMF fellowship trips, Sept 2017, Feb 2018, Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala & El Salvador. - Taller de crónicas, Federico Bianchini, Oct 2017, Revista Factum, San Salvador. - Taller de perfiles, Julio Villanueva Chang, April 2015, Universidad Desconocida, NYC. - NYU alumni reporting grant award, Aug 2014, Honduras.- NYU McCracken Fellow, Sept 2013 - May 2015.Other journalism work experience: - Columbia University Graduate Student Mentor. 05/16 – 01/17. Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism. Mentored group of students pursuing investigative project about Central America/Mexico with journalist Sarah Stillman. NYC. - The Guardian. 2016. Freelance weekend copy editor for the U.S. edition. NYC. Member: Expert Network, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime . Investigative Reporters & Editors. National Lesbian & Gay Journalists' Association. Show less

Bronx, New York, United States

Adjunct lecturer for online courses. I remained based in El Salvador.

San Salvador, El Salvador

One-year fellowship through Brandeis University, funded by the Fund for Investigative Journalism, to conduct investigative reporting into policing and gangs in El Salvador and in U.S. foreign policy.

Remote, part-time member of the Research Team. I remained mostly based in El Salvador.

San Salvador, El Salvador

San Salvador. I taught classes in Creative Writing to 6th and 7th grade bilingual students, and Computation to 6th-12th grades. Also, coached Knowledge Bowl and Debate teams, and edited the Yearbook and the school publication, "The Maya Sun."

San Salvador, El Salvador

San Salvador. Planning for, leading and interpreting for groups of North Americans who spent a week learning about politics, history and social justice in El Salvador, mostly by accompanying rural communities.

M.A., Journalism, Latin American Studies

Summers spent reporting in El Salvador and Honduras. Two thesis projects, one journalistic and the other academic, focused on queer, trans.

Bachelor Of Arts, Political Science, International Studies

Study Abroad

San Salvador, la Casa de la Solidaridad program.

Political Science, International Studies; English Literature

Freshman year - transferred to SLU.

Education record