Jason Szep
Jason Szep is an American journalist with Reuters who received the Pulitzer Prize in 2014..[1]
Early life and education[edit]
Born in Scituate, Massachusetts in 1969, Szep is the son of two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist Paul Szep, formerly of The Boston Globe. Jason Szep graduated from Brookline High School and studied literature at Bard College and University of Toronto.[2]
Career[edit]
Szep has reported from across Asia and North America on a wide range of subjects since joining Reuters in Toronto in 1990, with postings in Sydney, Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, Boston, Bangkok and Washington.[3] His roles at Reuters have included Boston Bureau Chief,[4] Southeast Asia Bureau Chief, International Affairs Editor, and U.S. National Affairs Editor in Washington.[5] Szep is currently Senior Editor.
Awards[edit]
Szep won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting along with Andrew Marshall for their reports on the violent persecution of the Rohingya, a Muslim minority in Myanmar.[6]
Other honors for his reporting include three Awards for Editorial Excellence by the Society of Publishers in Asia,[7][8] an Osborn Elliott Prize,[9] two Society of Professional Journalists' Sigma Delta Chi awards,[10][11] a Deadline Club award[12] and a White House Correspondents Association Edgar A. Poe Memorial Award.[13]
References[edit]
- ^ https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year/2014
- ^ "Pulitzer Prize winner talks politics, journalism, and career advice". June 26, 2014.
- ^ says, Pat Baker (March 17, 2014). "Reuters names Szep its international affairs editor". Talking Biz News.
- ^ "Winner: Jason Szep, Reuters | Quill".
- ^ says, Nofil Syed Shah (2015-05-15). "Reuters names financial services editor, national affairs editor". Talking Biz News. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
- ^ "The War on the Rohingya". Reuters.
- ^ https://2013.sopawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/2013-Winners-List.pdf
- ^ https://2014.sopawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SOPA-2014-winner-list-rev.pdf
- ^ "Reuters Team Wins Asia Society Osborn Elliott Prize for Excellence in Journalism on Asia". Asia Society.
- ^ "Sigma Delta Chi Awards - Society of Professional Journalists". www.spj.org.
- ^ "Announcing the 2017 Sigma Delta Chi Award winners". www.spj.org.
- ^ "Deadline Club Announces Contest Winners at 2018 Awards Dinner – Deadline Club".
- ^ "Reuters series 'Shock Tactics' wins Edgar A. Poe Award from the White House Correspondents' Association". April 4, 2018 – via www.reuters.com.
- 1969 births
- Living people
- Journalists from Massachusetts
- American male journalists
- 21st-century American journalists
- University of Toronto alumni
- Reuters people
- People from Scituate, Massachusetts
- Bard College alumni
- 20th-century American journalists
- 21st-century American male writers
- 20th-century American male writers
- Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting winners