Mark Danner has written widely on foreign affairs and politics for more than three decades. A longtime staff writer for听听and a frequent contributor to听听Danner has covered war and political听conflict in Central America, Haiti, the Balkans, Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle East and, most recently, the story of torture during the War on Terror. He also writes frequently on American politics, covering every presidential campaign since 2000 and focusing, since 2015, on the rise of Donald Trump. Danner holds the Class of 1961 Distinguished Chair in Undergraduate Education at the University of California, Berkeley,听听Among his books are听Spiral: Trapped in the Forever War(2016),听听(2009),听(2006),听听(2004),听听(2004), and听The Massacre at El Mozote: A Parable of the Cold War听(1994).听
Apart from听The New Yorker听and the听New York Review of Books,听Danner鈥檚 writing has appeared in听Harper鈥檚, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Aperture, and many other newspapers and magazines. He co-wrote and helped produce two hour-long documentaries for the ABC News program听Peter Jennings Reporting, and his work has received, among other honors, a National Magazine Award, three Overseas Press Awards, an Andrew Carnegie Fellowship, a Guggenheim and an Emmy. In 1999 Danner was named a MacArthur Fellow. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Century Association, the World Affairs Council, is affiliated with Institute for International Studies at Berkeley and has served for a decade as a resident curator at the Telluride Film Festival,听where he helps choose and introduce films and interviews filmmakers. Danner speaks and lectures widely on foreign policy, politics and the United States鈥� role in the world.听听
His writing and speaking can be found at听.听
