Dan Herbeck (born October 31, 1954) is an American journalist and author who is an investigative reporter at The Buffalo News.
Herbeck was born in Mineral Wells, Texas, and raised in Amherst, New York.
With his frequent Buffalo News partners Lou Michel and Michael Beebe, he has won national and state awards for investigative stories on telemarketing fraud, bankruptcy fraud, government corruption, the New York state prison system, prescription drug abuse and other issues.
[1] Herbeck co-wrote American Terrorist, with Lou Michel about Timothy McVeigh, whom they interviewed.
It detailed the life story of McVeigh, a U.S. Army veteran who grew up near Buffalo, New York, who was convicted and put to death in connection with the 1995 Oklahoma City terrorist bombing, in which 168 people died.