Deepa Fernandes is one of the hosts of NPR's Here and Now. She has formerly hosted the

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'' and the nationally syndicated Pacifica radio news show ''Free Speech Radio News'' on the politically independent, anti-war

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. Fernandes has worked as a freelance producer for the

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Biography

Born in

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, to parents of

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n descent, Fernandes began her career in journalism in

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, working as a daily news reporter. She then moved to

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, where she worked on a 26-part

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series on

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communities in

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. From there she went to

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to work as a daily features producer at

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. Fernandes next moved to

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, where she went to work as a producer for the flagship

program, ''

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''. At Pacifica's WBAI she co-produced '' Our Americas,'' a weekly radio program on issues affecting Latin America and the Caribbean, and hosted the weekday morning show, ''Wakeup Call.'' She also has been a co-anchor for Pacifica's national daily news program, ''Free Speech Radio News''. In January 2007, Fernandes spoke with ''Democracy Now's''

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about her new book, ''Targeted: National Security and the Business of Immigration'', published by

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. She told Goodman that she "got into secondary inspection rooms around the country, because I had to, because I was coming in the country and I was processed through there."''Democracy Now'' interview
January 25, 2007 In 2012, Fernandes was a Knight Fellow at Stanford University. In 2013 Fernandes joined the staff of NPR member station KPCC in Pasadena, California. She covers a newly established beat on Early Childhood Development. Fernandes holds an MA from

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. Her sister, Sujatha, is an assistant professor of sociology at

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in New York City.

References

External links

Wakeup CallTargeted: National Security and the Business of Immigration
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Deepa Fernandes on Democracy Now! January 25th, 2007Deepa Fernandes on NPRDeepa Fernandes interviewed on F.A.I.R's CounterSpin
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