Jason Dearen

Jason Dearen is an Associated Press reporter writing from Florida. His accountability journalism has led to policy changes at both state and federal levels. Dearen is among the AP team whose coverage of the Pulse nightclub shooting won an APME award in 2017.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Jason Dearen

News

KKK murder plot involving Florida prison guards exposed
August 10, 2021 By Jason Dearen
It was 11:30 a.m. on March 19, 2015, and the klansmen were celebrating what they thought was a successful murder in Florida. But the FBI had gotten wind of the plot.
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News

Conservatives recruit ‘pro-Trump’ doctors to deliver only good news about reopening
May 22, 2020 By Michael Biesecker And Jason Dearen
The 'Save Our Country Coalition' is an alliance that includes the FreedomWorks Foundation, the American Legislative Exchange Council, Tea Party Patriots, and others.
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Politics

Trump administration kills CDC reopening guidelines, pushes responsibility onto states
May 7, 2020 By Jason Dearen And Mike Stobbe
This approach matches Trump’s clai he isn’t responsible for the country’s lackluster testing efforts and his description of the federal government as a “supplier of last resort" for states.
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U.S.

Six inseparable friends now even closer after school shooting
February 20, 2018 By Jason Dearen
It was the final period of the day at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High and Jonathan Blank was in history class, learning about the Holocaust...
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