Deepa Fernandes is one of the hosts of NPR's Here and Now.
11 Facts About Deepa Fernandes
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Deepa Fernandes has formerly hosted the WBAI radio program Wakeup Call and the nationally syndicated Pacifica radio news show Free Speech Radio News on the politically independent, anti-war Pacifica Radio Network.
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Deepa Fernandes earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from the University of Technology Sydney.
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Deepa Fernandes began her career in journalism in Sydney, Australia, working as a daily news reader at 2SER and then producing a news magazine and radio show about Asia and the Pacific region.
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Deepa Fernandes then moved to Latin America, where she worked on a 26-part radio documentary series on indigenous communities in Ecuador.
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Deepa Fernandes has been a co-anchor for Pacifica's national daily news program, Free Speech Radio News.
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In January 2007, Deepa Fernandes spoke with Democracy Now's Amy Goodman about her new book, Targeted: National Security and the Business of Immigration, published by Seven Stories Press.
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In 2012, Deepa Fernandes was a Knight Fellow at Stanford University.
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In 2013 Deepa Fernandes joined the staff of NPR member station KPCC in Pasadena, California, where she covered a newly established beat on Early Childhood Development.
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In 2017, SoCal Connected, a series at KCET that Deepa Fernandes reported for, won an Emmy Award.
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Deepa Fernandes's sister, Sujatha, is an assistant professor of sociology at Queens College in New York City.