Jason Szep
{{short description|American journalist with Reuters}}
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Jason Szep is an American journalist with Reuters who received the Pulitzer Prize in 2014.{{cite web |url=https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-year/2014 |title=2014 Pulitzer Prizes |website=Pulitzer.org}}
Early life and education
Born in Scituate, 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.{{Cite web|url=https://thevarsity.ca/2014/06/25/pulitzer-prize-winner-talks-politics-journalism-and-career-advice/|title=Pulitzer Prize winner talks politics, journalism, and career advice|website=Thevarsity.ca|date=June 26, 2014}}
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.{{Cite web|url=https://talkingbiznews.com/they-talk-biz-news/reuters-names-szep-its-international-affairs-editor/|title=Reuters names Szep its international affairs editor|author=Pat Baker|date=March 17, 2014|website=Talkingbiznews.com}} His roles at Reuters have included Boston Bureau Chief,{{Cite web|url=https://www.quillmag.com/2008/07/09/winner-jason-szep-reuters/|title=Winner: Jason Szep, Reuters |website=Quillmag.com|access-date=26 October 2021}} Southeast Asia Bureau Chief, International Affairs Editor, and U.S. National Affairs Editor in Washington.{{Cite web|last=says|first=Nofil Syed Shah|date=2015-05-15|title=Reuters names financial services editor, national affairs editor|url=https://talkingbiznews.com/they-talk-biz-news/reuters-names-financial-services-editor-national-affairs-editor/|access-date=2020-06-10|website=Talking Biz News|language=en-US}} 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 Myanmar.{{Cite web|url=http://www.reuters.com/investigates/section/the-war-on-the-rohingya/|title=The War on the Rohingya|website=Reuters.com}}
Other honors for his reporting include three Awards for Editorial Excellence by the Society of Publishers in Asia,{{cite web|url=https://2013.sopawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/2013-Winners-List.pdf|format=PDF|title=2013 SOPA Awards : Winners|website=2013.sopawards.com|access-date=October 26, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://2014.sopawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/SOPA-2014-winner-list-rev.pdf|format=PDF|title=2014 SOPA Awards : Winners|website=2014.sopawards.com|access-date=October 26, 2021}} an Osborn Elliott Prize,{{Cite web|url=https://asiasociety.org/media/press-releases/reuters-team-wins-asia-society-osborn-elliott-prize-excellence-journalism-asia|title=Reuters Team Wins Asia Society Osborn Elliott Prize for Excellence in Journalism on Asia|website=Asiasociety.org}} two Society of Professional Journalists' Sigma Delta Chi awards,{{Cite web|url=https://www.spj.org/sdxa07.asp|title=Sigma Delta Chi Awards – Society of Professional Journalists|website=Spj.org}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.spj.org/news.asp?ref=1568|title=Announcing the 2017 Sigma Delta Chi Award winners|website=Spj.org}} a Deadline Club award,{{Cite web|url=http://deadlineclub.org/2018-winners/|title=Deadline Club Announces Contest Winners at 2018 Awards Dinner |website=Deadlineclub.org|access-date=26 October 2021}} a White House Correspondents Association Edgar A. Poe Memorial Award,{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/rpb-edgarapoe-idUSKCN1HB1ZO|title=Reuters series 'Shock Tactics' wins Edgar A. Poe Award from the White House Correspondents' Association|newspaper=Reuters|date=April 4, 2018}} and a George Polk Award.{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/reuters-wins-polk-award-series-intimidation-us-election-workers-2022-02-21/|title=Reuters wins Polk Award for series on intimidation of U.S. election workers|newspaper=Reuters|date=February 21, 2021}}
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Category:20th-century American male writers