Ansel Herz

I am a writer, editor and producer with more than a decade of experience. At present, I direct communications for UPTE 9119, a statewide union in California of 25,000 professional and technical employees.

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.

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.

As a reporter in Haiti, I uncovered misconduct by United Nations “peacekeeping” troops and produced a VICE documentary about their pattern of abuse.

📫 Contact me at ansel.herz@pm.me, or find me on X/Twitter at @ansel.