Jason DeRose is the religion correspondent for National Public Radio News, based at NPR West in Culver City, California.
Prior to his current posting at NPR West, DeRose worked at WBEZ in Chicago, Illinois.
DeRose has served on the board of directors of the Religion Newswriters Association and as a mentor and trainer for NPR's Next Generation Radio Project — a program that teaches aspiring high school and college students public radio's unique reporting style.
DeRose has worked at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum as an oral history interviewer and the International Center for Journalists as a trainer.
DeRose graduated magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota with majors in religion and English.