Listen "DEXTER THOMAS: Story Dexterity"
Episode Synopsis
A Vice News Tonight correspondent covering stories at the intersection of politics and culture. Dexter is an Emmy-winning journalist plus two nominations and has contributed to Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage while working with the Los Angeles Times. He has a PhD in East Asian studies at Cornell University and is currently splitting his time between a pos-doctorate at Princeton and as documentary filmmaker. Dexter established the world’s largest public collection of Japanese hip-hop at UC Riverside and is writing a book on the topic. He began working in new media as a student director of programming at KUCR Radio, independently producing podcasts as well as music and news programs. He has written on topics as diverse as Internet and youth culture, social justice and video games. On this episode he shares how asking questions leads him to the stories he covers, the unfortunate number of times he has been confused for a protester while out with his camera crew and trying to get his father to crossover from Jazz to Rap.
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