Danielle Kurtzleben

About
Danielle is originally from Titonka, Iowa a city in Kossuth County, Iowa.
Kossuth County is unique in that it is the largest of Iowa's 99 counties.
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Education
- Bachelors of English from Carleton College.
- Masters Degree in Global Communication from George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs.
Work History
Danielle works for NPR in Washington D.C. and appears on The NPR Politics Podcast. She used to cover news at Vox.com on the U.S. News & World Report.
Other projects she has worked on is a project called Data Mine for usnews.com.
The Boom Mic Incident

President Donald Trump was struck by a boom microphone by Danielle Kurtzleben according to an exclusive report by Laura Loomer titled EXCLUSIVE: NPR White House Reporter Strikes President Trump With Microphone, Raising Questions of Intention that was published March 17, 2025 on her website loomered.com. I encourage you to go to her website and read the article there.
Other outlets like The Times of India also covered this story in their article MAGA Activists Hunt Down Woman who 'Accidentally' Hit Donald Trump with her Mic: 'A Massive Hater' also published March 17, 2025.
Before these two articles were published The Gateway Pundit had published, REPORT: Far Left Journalist Danielle Kurtzleben Revealed as the Woman who Hit President Trump in Face with a Boom Mic - Laura Loomer Breaks the Story.
Watch the video of the incident here:
WATCH: Reporter accidentally pushes microphone into Trump's face pic.twitter.com/NhswllZ0QW
— BNO News Live (@BNODesk) March 14, 2025