Comment / Daniel Bates

COMMENT

I regularly write 'Letter from America' style pieces for the London Evening Standard which allow me to write with more personality and opinion.

inews.co.uk • 31st May 2022

Lawyers' relentless treatment of Amber Heard could put off victims from coming forward

Analysis for the i paper in the UK about the Johnny Depp vs Amber Heard libel trial

inews.co.uk • 5th August 2022

Alex Jones finally told the truth in Sandy Hook trial but he'll still try to dodge consequences

Comment for the i paper in the UK about the case brought against America's most notorious conspiracy theorist

Mail+ • 16th June 2021

Anne Sacoolas case comment piece

Comment for Mail+, the Daily Mail's premium subscription service, on the case of an American wife of a CIA agent who fled the UK after crashing into and killing a British motorcyclist.

Independent • 5th June 2020

Life under lockdown in New York

Comment piece for I paper about life under the coronavirus lockdown by day - and the George Floyd protest lockdown by night

Evening Standard • 7th November 2018

Midterm election night colour piece

Letter From a Democratic stronghold on the night of the 2018 midterm elections

5th December 2017

Letter from Ferguson

Comment piece filed during the riots in Ferguson, Missouri, over the killing of an unarmed black teenager by a white cop

6th December 2017

Letter from Ferguson one year on

Reflections upon returning to Ferguson on the first anniversary of the protests

6th December 2017

Inside Donald Trump's election night victory party

Dispatch from the Hilton Midtown on the night of November 8 2016

6th December 2017

Letter from Charleston

Reflections on covering the mass shooting at a black church in Charleston, South Carolina

6th December 2017

New York's mayor elected

Comment piece on the election of Bill de Blasio, NYC's first Democratic mayor in more than a decade

Daily Mail • 5th December 2017

Former BP boss grilled on Capitol Hill

Tony Hayward, the former boss of BP, got 'sliced and diced' by Senators over his company's massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico

6th December 2017

New York's mayor one year on

My thoughts on Bill de Blasio's first year in office

6th December 2017

Government shutdown

Letter From piece about the US government shutdown

"Daniel is an exceptional reporter...our editors always look forward to reading his insightful copy"

Jack Lefley, assistant editor of the London Evening Standard