Danny Wiser

• Danny has lived in seven countries across Europe and Latin America, aiming to one day have spent time living on each of the seven continents.
• After developing his Spanish language skills in tapas bars across Andalucía, his reporting has had a particular focus on Latin America in recent years.
• Driven by a deep curiosity for people and place, he has covered topics across the globe, from Ecuador's spiraling security crisis to women's rights issues in Chile's Atacama Desert.

Experience

Danny Wiser is a British journalist with a deep interest in the places most travelers overlook. He has lived in the UK, Czechia, Spain, Portugal, Ecuador, Brazil, and Chile. His travel passions include meeting locals and diving into conversations about regional culture and politics to hear what life is really like from the people living it, going to gigs to explore local music scenes, watching football (or soccer, for our U.S. readers) across the globe, and, naturally, seizing every opportunity to sample the best of the local cuisine. He has reported for The Economist, the BBC, and other major outlets on underreported global issues. Danny also co-founded 200worldalbums.com, a project reviewing an album from every country on Earth.

Education

Danny qualified as a Gold Standard NCTJ multimedia journalist in 2015 and holds a master's degree in international relations and global issues from the University of Nottingham.