Biography

Danny Peterson is an accomplished writer, journalist and filmmaker from Juneau, Alaska. He received one-on-one coaching writing stories, taking photos, and voicing and editing professional broadcast pieces for local public radio station KTOO, in Juneau. During undergrad, he co-produced a documentary film about homeless advocates called “Invisible Hands,” which aired on public television in Alaska. He has a strong interest in arts and culture, homelessness and equality issues, and community reporting. He is a Community Reporter at Portland Observer and is a recent graduate of a Master’s in Multimedia Journalism in Portland, Oregon. In 2019 Danny co-produced a graduate level documentary about the 2017 Eagle Creek wildfire, called "Escape From Eagle Creek," which won an Alliance for Community Media "Best of the Northwest" Award for Documentary. Contact Danny at djpeterson3@gmail.com or danny@portlandobserver.com.