About

DJ Cashmere is an award-winning journalist.

He currently serves as the Executive Producer of 10% Happier with Dan Harris, the world’s leading podcast on mindfulness, meditation, and mental health.

His most recent freelance project is the public radio documentary No Excuses, for APM Reports, which won a National Award for Education Reporting from the Education Writers Association.

DJ has reported on education, politics, and culture for The New York Times, The Nation, The Village Voice, Chalkbeat, The Hechinger Report, Guernica, Yes! Magazine, The Millions, Public Books, and the Marketplace Morning Report, among others. He also produced the Primary Sources podcast, which was hosted by Eyal Press and featured guests including Rebecca Solnit and Ta-Nehisi Coates.

DJ lives with his wife and children in Chicago.