After spending eight years in the television newsroom working as a producer at stations in Richmond, Virginia; Cincinnati, Ohio; and Atlanta, Georgia, Daniels moved from the newsroom to the classroom. His research on diversity issues in the media workplace and change in the television newsroom has appeared in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Journalism & Mass Communication Educator and The Journal of Radio Studies. Before going to work in television news, Daniels worked briefly as a freelance writer for The Richmond Free Press in Richmond, Va, his hometown. He also edited a campus ministry magazine, Rhythm. He is a cum laude graduate of Howard University and holds graduate degrees from The University of Georgia.