Journalist Deena Guzder

1. Journalist, Deena Guzder

Guzder has reported on human rights issues across the world. She currently works at Democracy Now!, the nation’s largest public media collaboration.

2. Divine Rebels (Chicago Review Press, 2011)

Guzder is the author of “Divine Rebels: American Christian Activists for Social Justice” (Chicago Review Press, 2011).

3. Reporting in the Islamic Republic of Iran

In 2007, Guzder received a grant from the Carnegie and Knight Foundations to travel to Iran as News 21’s foreign correspondent. Guzder reported from Tehran, Shiraz, Esfahan, Yazd, and Persepolis. Mark Glaser of PBS commented on her...

(Author) Divine Rebels: The Radical...

Deena Guzder, DIVINE REBELS: The Radical Religious Left Literary Nonfiction; Chicago Review Press (US & Canada); Tentative Publication Date: May 2011 (NOTE: The publishing house agreed to print...

(Researcher) Death of the Liberal Class

Guzder assisted Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges with researching his book, Death of the Liberal Class (Nation Books, 2010). Read the author’s acknowledgment of her contribution as...

(Editor) Living Fully: Finding Joy in...

Guzder is editing the oral teachings of the Tibetan Buddhist monk, His Eminence Shyalpa Rinpoche LIVING FULLY: Finding Joy in Every Breath Literary Nonfiction; Rinpoche is represented by Russell &...

About Guzder

Welcome to the official website of journalist Deena Guzder. In May 2008, Guzder was the youngest student to complete a dual-degree from Columbia University’s School of Journalism and School of International & Public Affairs. As a freelance reporter, her articles have appeared in Mother Jones, United Press International, TIME Magazine, National Geographic Traveler, Indian Express, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Washington Blade, Chicago Tribune (Red Eye), New York Times (syndicate), Journal of International Affairs, Black Star News, Providence Journal, Nonviolence in the News, Arab American, Chronicle-Herald, AdBusters Magazine, Payvand Iran News, Global Exchange News, Indian American Magazine, New York Blade, Worcester Telegram & Gazette News, Arizona Central, The New York Resident, Common Dreams, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Anchorage Daily News, CounterPunch, IRIN (United Nations) Panache, and elsewhere. Guzder currently lives in New York City; she is freelancing for several publications and finishing her literary nonfiction book.