Jason DeParle

Year: 1986-1987
Nominating Institution: Duke University
Placement Organization: The Marian Foundation
Placement Location: Manila, Phillipines

About Jason

Jason DeParle is a reporter for The New York Times and has written extensively about poverty and immigration. His book, American Dream: Three Women, Ten Kids, and a Nation’s Drive to End Welfare was a New York Times Notable Book and won the Helen Bernstein Award from the New York City Library. He is author of  A Good Provider Is One Who Leaves: One Family and Migration in the 21st Century . (July 2020). He was an Emerson Fellow at New America. He is a recipient of the George Polk Award and is a two-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
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