Daniel Hinerfeld is NRDC's associate director of communications. Before joining NRDC, he was a reporter and producer for public radio stations KQED and KCRW, and a senior editor and producer at NPR, where he helped launch the Tavis Smiley Show and Day to Day. He has written for such publications as the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post and Rolling Stone. Daniel also spent nearly four years working in Los Angeles City Hall as a senior deputy to a city council member.