Daniel Sturm

Daniel Sturm (born December 27, 1970) is a German-American progressive journalist, researcher and author. He holds a Master's degree in Comparative Literature and the Anthropology of Religion from the University of Tübingen. Originally from Germany, since moving to the United States, Sturm has worked as a reporter, professor and social justice advocate. He writes on social justice issues for regional and national media. Recent articles of his have appeared in Z Magazine, In These Times, The Athens News, and RefugeeWorks.

Before moving to the U.S., Sturm worked for German regional and national media, including national daily newspapers such as Die Welt, Berliner Zeitung, and Südkurier, and as the Chief Editor of the monthly-illustrated magazine, Kreuzer, in Leipzig. In 2002, after moving to the U.S. Sturm became a staff writer for City Pulse, a popular alternative newsweekly in Lansing, Michigan. From 2004–2006, he worked as a full-time journalism instructor at Youngstown State University and as the faculty adviser for the student newspaper, The Jambar. He co-edits a popular online German literary and cultural studies magazine, parapluie, founded together with University of Tübingen colleagues in 1995. Daniel is the co-author of Stadiongeschichten, a 2002 book on stadium politics, sports history and urban planning in Leipzig (Germany).

In 2005, Sturm established Prisonersolidarity.org, a website and listserv that publishes research, news, opinion pieces and educational material from activists, writers, prisoners, and the concerned public. The Prisonersolidarity project (which has 650 subscribers) was inspired by his work with labor and civil rights attorneys Staughton and Alice Lynd, and the families and community groups involved in the Youngstown Prison Forum.

Daniel Sturm is currently a Special Projects Manager at Migration and Refugee Services, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, where he is marketing refugee service organizations' success stories through electronic media, annual reports, presentations and news releases. From 2007–10 he was a Staff Consultant for RefugeeWorks, the National Center for Refugee Employment and Self-Sufficiency, where he managed the production of nationally circulated publications, handled all strategic marketing projects and gave informative presentations at conferences and workshops throughout the United States.