Danielle McLean is an award-winning freelance reporter and editor. Her work has been published in The New York Times, The Atlantic, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Conversation, Teen Vogue, and CNN. She also hosted a podcast called "The Biden Transition Podcast."

Previously, she was a senior editor at Smart Cities Dive and a staff reporter at The Chronicle of Higher Education where she covered federal and state higher education policies. She is also a former award-winning investigative reporter at the Bangor Daily News and later, ThinkProgress.

McLean served on the Society of Professional Journalists' national board. She is a former chair of the SPJ Ethics and Freedom of Information committees and a past president of the SPJ New England Chapter. She has also covered Massachusetts city halls for several newspapers including the Somerville Journal, The Milford Daily News and The Boston Globe.

She can be reached at daniellemclean87@gmail.com

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