Danielle Thomson is a Senior Writer at Recidiviz. Previously, she worked on philanthropic programs at TED, as a Program Officer for the former TED Prize and as the Director of Research for The Audacious Project, a collaborative funding initiative catalyzing social impact on a grand scale. Prior to that, she dabbled for a decade in television, as a Researcher at Late Show with David Letterman and as a Writer at Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, for which she earned two Emmy nominations. She holds a MA in Cinema Studies from New York University and a BA from University of Pennsylvania.