The NewsGuild staff helps our members build vibrant union organizing campaigns and achieve strong collective bargaining agreements. Some come directly from Guild units; others come with experience in the broader labor movement. They all come to the union’s national staff with a deep commitment to the fight for justice and the future of journalism.

Nicholas Bedell
Nicholas joined the Guild as administrative director in March 2021. Prior to coming on board, he was the director of campaigns for the Transport Workers Union. His union career started in 1990 as a labor educator in the Needle Trades Unions and he has worked in a variety of capacities over the years for multiple unions – as new organizing lead, staff representative and director of union education.

Stephanie Basile
Stephanie coordinates new organizing for the NewsGuild-CWA. She’s been with the Guild since 2017, where she constantly seeks to build workers’ power. Before coming to the Guild, she worked as an organizer at the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU-UFCW).

Kevin Brokt
After a decade of work as a labor activist, Kevin joined The NewsGuild in 2019 inspired by the unprecedented organizing momentum of journalists and news media professionals. Although he is based in California, Kevin works across the country providing organizing resources to aid the growth of our movement. He says, “NewsGuild members are clearly building a robust platform not only to advocate for themselves, but also for the communities they serve through their work. As a result, dedicating myself to supporting their organizing efforts is doubly rewarding!” In July 2023 Kevin became a staff representative at the Guild.

Dominique Edmondson
Dominique is a senior technical specialist who has worked at the NewsGuild since 1999, performing a wide variety of administrative duties. She frequently works with global organizations and foreign journalists to help them obtain visas to work in the U.S. Born and raised in France, Dominique is bilingual. She has tolerance and understanding of other cultures and is known for her outstanding proofreading skills.

Nhi Nguyen
Nhi is The NewsGuild’s administrative secretary. After years of working in the federal government, they joined the labor movement in 2025. Prior to joining the Guild, Nhi was an organizer at SEIU Local 500. Based in Washington, DC, Nhi is also active in grassroots organizing.

Lou Grieco
Before becoming a staff rep, Lou worked as a reporter for the Dayton Daily News for 20 years. During his last 14 years at the paper, Grieco was a union officer, including president for the final seven years. He moved to Detroit in 2013 to become administrative officer of the Newspaper Guild of Detroit. Two years later, he moved to the international staff, where he is assigned to assist locals across the Midwest and South in bargaining, organizing, grievance and administration issues. Grieco is co-author of Death as a Living – Investigating Murder in the American Heartland, which was released in December 2021.

Katherine Munroe
Katherine has been a Guild member since 1999, after joining the staff of the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram. Her first role in the union was shop steward. She held the position of unit chair and executive board member before being elected president and eventually administrative officer of The NewsGuild of Maine.

Danielle Newsome
Danielle is excited to join the NewsGuild as a staff rep and return to her roots in the labor movement. After studying labor relations and engaging in student activism, Danielle worked as a union organizer. She went on to law school and practiced labor law at a mid-size firm before serving as a staff attorney (and NewsGuild member!) for a state federation. Most recently, Danielle took a detour from traditional labor to launch a wage theft prosecution unit for the Philadelphia District Attorney’s office. 

Dylan Manshack
Dylan joins The NewsGuild-CWA staff as Communications Coordinator after serving as a Communications staff member with the Washington-Baltimore NewsGuild (Local 32025). Before joining the Guild, he worked at the money-in-politics watchdog OpenSecrets as a Digital Communications Specialist in its newsroom, reporting on and promoting campaign finance research. A professional videographer and photographer, Dylan brings a background in community-based journalism, reflected in his coverage of NewsGuild strikes and contract fights. He moved from Shreveport, Louisiana, to Washington, DC, in 2023 and is active in the community.

Lauren Selig
Lauren Selig is based in Washington, D.C., and has spent her career in the nonprofit, political, and labor sectors. After falling in love with labor organizing while serving as a steward in a Teamsters local, she completed the Rising Organizers fellowship for emerging and established organizers in the DC-Maryland-Virginia area and has continued working closely with them for several years. Lauren later joined Campaign Workers Guild, eventually serving on their Executive Council and working with units as a National Labor Representative. When she’s not organizing, you can find her watching drag, baking, or cheering on the Washington Spirit and Liverpool FC. 

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