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Micah Danney

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  • General Assignment Reporter, Law360
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As seen in: Law360, New York Daily News, Newsweek, The Times of Israel, Mental Floss, WNYC (New York, NY), Law360 Pulse, Alabama Political Reporter, The Center Square, Sojourners, City Limits and
Freelance multimedia journalist @NYDailyNews; formerly @Law360, @ALReporter, @Poynter fellow at @ReligionMag, @GroundTruth and @longislandpatch.

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Micah Danney’s Biography

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Micah Danney is a freelance journalist and videographer based in Brooklyn, N.Y. He got his start covering crime, politics and community news on Long Island and in New York City. His work focuses on criminal justice and reform, war and trauma, peacemakers and conflict resolution. He covers local, national and international issues in the U.S. and has worked in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza.

Micah Danney’s Journalist Portfolio

Pier 55 project gets court's OK

Pier 55 project gets court's OK

Construction of the planned Hudson River Park cultural pier off West 13th Street can continue after a court l…

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The Riverhead sniper: 25 years ago this month, fear swept through town for the holidays | Riverhe...

The Riverhead sniper: 25 years ago this month, fear swept through town for the holidays | Riverhe...

Twenty-five years ago this month, fear gripped Riverhead, penetrating the community like winter's chill, erod…

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Rehabilitation Through Relationship: One Man's Journey Home

Rehabilitation Through Relationship: One Man's Journey Home

Four months after he was released from prison, Steven Cave, 36, sat between the couple he calls his parents i…

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Changing the Minds of Hurt People Who Have Hurt People | The Brian Lehrer Show | WNYC

Changing the Minds of Hurt People Who Have Hurt People | The Brian Lehrer Show | WNYC

Suffolk County Deputy Police Commissioner Risco Mention-Lewis talks about working with formerly incarcerated …

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The Woman on Long Island, New York, Who Has Rescued Over 500 Pigs

The Woman on Long Island, New York, Who Has Rescued Over 500 Pigs

At mealtimes, Janice Skura ambles between the pig pens in the yard of her Long Island home, greeting each of …

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Ignoring Palestinian voices harms peace

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I was on my fifth pass through a gauntlet of Israeli soldiers along a road in the West Bank when one motioned for me to stop and asked where I was going. I said I was trying to reach a café in Hebron’s downtown. He directed me up a short hill. I’d already tried that way, through streets barricaded with concrete blocks and barbed wire. Did he mean toward the police station up the hill? He said yes. I drove to the station entrance. A dirt road to my left, unmarked but well-lit, was the only way forward.
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How pro-Palestine protests continue

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By Micah Danney Verified
| New York Daily News Verified
I watched as thousands encircled the White House on June 8 to protest President Biden’s support for Israel — in particular, his refusal to identify IDF incursions into Rafah as the invasion he said would be a “red line.” Layan Fuleihan addressed a crowd from a stage nearby: “Biden refuses to draw the line, so we are going to draw the line.” Two weeks earlier, I saw Fuleihan in Detroit, at the People’s Conference for Palestine, where she moderated a panel discussion that critiqued the...
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Readers sound off on casino opposition, National Guard subway deployment and Pete Maravich

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| New York Daily News Verified
Coney Island can’t handle what a casino brings Brooklyn: I am a resident of the Coney Island/Brighton Beach community. I am against the casino coming into Coney Island for many reasons, but I will concentrate my objection on one issue. Coney Island is a peninsula — one way in, one way out. I’ve lived in both Seagate and Brighton Beach for more than 50 years. There has always been a problem with parking and increased density of vehicle traffic.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

A campus happenings column for the local Patch site during undergrad

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes.

How is social media changing news?

Rapidly

Awards

Overseas Press Club Scholars Award

2018
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