Ansel Herz


I am a writer and editor with more than a decade of experience. Currently, I’m the Communications Director for DemocracyNext, an institute working on the next democratic paradigm of citizen participation.

As a freelance reporter in Haiti, I wrote about sexual misconduct by United Nations “peacekeeping” troops and was in-country producer of a VICE documentary about their pattern of abuse.

At The Stranger newspaper in Seattle, my reporting led to the resignation of a police union president, the first-ever firing of a Seattle police officer for racial bias, and the exposure of an illegal social media surveillance program.

I have worked as a press officer, social media strategist, video and graphics producer, and speechwriter in my roles for Representative Pramila Jayapal of Washington and Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont.

Contact me at ansel[dot]herz[at]protonmail[dot]com, or find me on Twitter at @ansel.