Draft:Daniel Boguslaw

Boguslaw studied political science at Reed College. The college’s 2018 commencement program lists him under his full name, Daniel Boguslaw Kaufman, and records his thesis as "Communization, An Infantile Reorder: Prospects for Revolution in the Theory of Endnotes".^[11][1]

Boguslaw’s early reporting included a 2019 piece for Jewish Currents on U.S. organizations’ responses to Turkey’s incursion into Kurdish-held areas of Syria,^[6] as well as 2020 features for The Nation on labor activism and West Virginia politics.^[12][13] He also wrote about judicial elections for The Baffler (2020)^[9] and examined wildland firefighters’ working conditions for Dissent (2021).^[8] A short author note for the Dissent essay describes Boguslaw as a former firefighter, and he has written that the experience informed his reporting on the sector.^[8][14]

From 2020 to 2024, Boguslaw reported for The Intercept on political influence, national security, and newsroom practices. In September 2021, he published "Joe Manchin’s Dirty Empire" at The Intercept, an investigation produced in collaboration with Type Investigations; he later discussed the reporting on Democracy Now!.^[15][16][17]

In 2024, his reporting examined internal editorial debates at major U.S. outlets, including The New York Times and CNN, over coverage of the Israel–Gaza war. Subsequent press accounts described internal leak inquiries and other reviews at those organizations.^{[18][19][20][21]} Amid these developments, Boguslaw and reporter Ken Klippenstein publicly announced their departures from The Intercept in April–May 2024. Coverage by Semafor placed the exits in the context of leadership and funding disputes, and Klippenstein’s public statement described editorial disagreements and delayed stories, including one involving material obtained by Boguslaw.^[22][23]

After leaving The Intercept, Boguslaw freelanced for Rolling Stone. In December 2024, Rolling Stone reported that the Pentagon had approved production assistance for projects by creators including MrBeast, Kelly Clarkson, and Guy Fieri.^[24] In July 2025, Rolling Stone published his report that Jeffrey Epstein hired private investigators to intimidate FBI agents; the story appeared on the magazine’s international sites.^[25]

Boguslaw has also contributed to other outlets. He covered state and party politics in Massachusetts for The New Republic,^[26] co-authored a 2022 Jacobin investigation into potential conflicts linked to Gayle Manchin’s role at the Appalachian Regional Commission,^[7] and wrote a 2025 article for The American Prospect on federal consumer-safety regulation.^[27] He publishes the Substack newsletter Deeper State.^[28]

Boguslaw has appeared in broadcast media to discuss his reporting, including Democracy Now! and the podcast TrueAnon. He was a guest on Episode 350, "The New York Crimes" (February 1, 2024), and Episode 467, "Cuomo & Epstein: Island Boys" (June 20, 2025).^[29][30]

Editors and outlets have characterized Boguslaw’s beat as money in politics, corporate concentration, labor, and media accountability.^[1]

Elements of his 2024 newsroom reporting were followed by coverage in other outlets. Vanity Fair reported on a leak inquiry at The New York Times that followed an Intercept story; the Wall Street Journal later noted the inquiry concluded without a conclusive finding. Reporting in The Guardian and Business Insider described related debates at CNN.^{[31][32][33][34]}