Welcome, Danielle!

A smiling Black woman in round glasses and a jean jacket is shown

Danielle Smith was previously an organizer for the NewsGuild of New York. Before that she was a shop steward, as a labor reporter for the legal news website Law360.com.

Our newest staff writer/organizer, Danielle Smith, joined the Labor Notes staff in October. Danielle is a dynamo—a skilled journalist and organizer.

As a labor reporter for the legal news website Law360.com, she was a member and shop steward of the NewsGuild of New York. Later she joined the union staff as a full-time organizer, and worked on strikes at Business Insider and Law360.

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Danielle was already leading trainings for Labor Notes, and now we’ve made it official: she’s part of our training and events team. She’ll also be covering K-12 educators, postal workers, Canadian workers, and who knows who else might burst on the scene!

When she’s not organizing, Danielle enjoys making soup, playing The Sims 4, and riding her bike. She is based in our Brooklyn office. We’re delighted to have her on the team.

Alexandra Bradbury is the editor of Labor Notes.al@labornotes.org
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