Jason DeRose
Jason DeRose is the Western Bureau Chief for NPR News, based at NPR West in Culver City. He edits news coverage from Member station reporters and freelancers in California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Alaska and Hawaii. DeRose also edits coverage of religion and LGBTQ issues for the National Desk.
Prior to this position, DeRose was the supervising editor for NPR's Economic Training Project. He worked with local member station reporters as an editor, trainer and mentor to improve business and economic coverage throughout the public radio system. Earlier, he worked as an editor on NPR's mid-day news magazine Day to Day; as a reporter and producer at NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C.; and as an editor, host, reporter and producer at member stations in Chicago, Seattle, Minneapolis and Tampa.
DeRose served as a mentor and trainer for NPR's "Next Generation Radio Project" and Chicago Public Radio's "Ear to the Ground Project" — programs that teach aspiring high school and college students public radio's unique reporting style.
Outside of public radio, DeRose worked as an oral history interviewer at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and as a journalism trainer at the International Center for Journalists. He taught journalism ethics, radio reporting, multimedia storytelling and religion reporting at DePaul University in Chicago and at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.
DeRose graduated magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, with majors in religion and English. He holds a master's degree from the University of Chicago Divinity School and studied at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.
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Two executive orders from Trump address religion directly. One forms a task force to counter "anti-Christian bias" in the federal government. The other establishes a Faith Office in the White House.
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In a rare public rebuke, Pope Francis criticized the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, indicating that Vice President Vance had gotten the Christian theology on welcoming strangers wrong.
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In a strongly worded letter to Catholic bishops in the United States, Pope Francis is taking to task the Trump administration's stance on migrants, calling it a "major crisis." -
The Trump administration's approach to federal aid programs, especially refugee resettlement, appears to be challenging the approach of faith-based groups to caring for "the stranger."
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Multiple evangelical Christian groups are criticizing tenets of the Trump Administration's immigration policy. But many people in the pews agree with Trump.
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In the aftermath of the fires in Los Angeles, clergy are trying to provide pastoral care for their congregations who've lost homes and neighborhoods. Many also need to care for themselves and their charred sanctuaries.
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At a sermon preached to President Trump at Washington National Cathedral, Bishop Mariann Budde asked him to "have mercy" on people who are "scared," including LGBTQ+ children. -
Some religious leaders liken Donald Trump to the ancient Persian King Cyrus and the Ancient Israelite King Jehu. But those who teach biblical studies worry about such comparisons. -
A lull in winds over the weekend allowed firefighters to make some progress, but they're expected to pick up again. Fire danger remains extreme until at least Wednesday.
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Faith communities in Los Angeles are trying to protect their homes and houses of worship from deadly wildfires. They are also trying to provide spiritual support for their traumatized congregations.
