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Jason Szep is an American journalist with Reuters who received the
Pulitzer Prize The Pulitzer Prize () is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made h ...
in 2014.


Early life and education

Born in
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, Massachusetts, 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.


Career

Szep has reported from across Asia and North America on a wide range of subjects since joining Reuters in Toronto, with postings in Sydney, Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, Boston, Bangkok and Washington. His roles at Reuters have included Boston Bureau Chief, Southeast Asia Bureau Chief, International Affairs Editor, and U.S. National Affairs Editor in Washington. Szep is currently International Political Investigations Editor.


Awards

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
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. Other honors for his reporting include three Awards for Editorial Excellence by the Society of Publishers in Asia, an Osborn Elliott Prize, two Society of Professional Journalists' Sigma Delta Chi awards, a Deadline Club award, a White House Correspondents Association
Edgar A. Poe Memorial Award The Edgar A. Poe Memorial Award is a prize for journalistic excellence that is awarded by the White House Correspondents Association (WHCA). The prize, which paid $2500 in 2011, is funded by the '' New Orleans Times-Picayune'' in honor of its dist ...
, and a George Polk Award.


References

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