Sopan Deb (born March 15, 1988) is an American journalist who works as a culture reporter for The New York Times.

Deb was born March 15, 1988[1] in Massachusetts to a Hindu Indian family of Bengali origin.

In 2015, he began working for CBS News where he covered the campaigns of Marco Rubio, Lindsey Graham, Rand Paul and Donald Trump.

While covering a March 2016 presidential campaign rally for Trump at the University of Illinois at Chicago (which Trump ultimately cancelled in face of large protests),[5] Deb was arrested by police and charged with resisting arrest.

[6] Police dropped the charges after footage aired depicting the incident, showing Deb had not resisted arrest.