Jeff Dean
Jeff Dean is the 2021 Military Veterans in Journalism intern for NPR reporting for the Business Desk and Newsdesk teams.
Before coming to NPR, Dean was a freelance photographer for the Associated Press, Bloomberg, Agence France Presse and Reuters covering breaking news, sports and politics in the Ohio/Kentucky/Indiana region.
Previously, Dean worked as an investigative journalist for Tiger Eye, an award-winning investigative group based in Accra, Ghana.
Dean served nine years in the United States Army as a Blackhawk helicopter MEDEVAC crewchief, deploying twice to Baghdad, Iraq. He has also deployed on missions in Eastern Europe and the U.S.-Mexico border.
Dean is a graduate of the University of Oregon's school of journalism and communication, receiving both a bachelor's and a master's degree in journalism.
He currently resides in Northern Kentucky.
-
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says they have arrested a suspect in the triple homicide at a Georgia gun range earlier this month. As many as 40 guns were stolen.
-
The finds underneath the Paris landmark include a human-shaped lead sarcophagus. The discovery was made during restoration work at the cathedral, which was damaged by a fire in 2019.
-
Alyssa Nakken of the San Francisco Giants became the first woman to coach on the field in major league baseball history after regular first-base coach Antoan Richardson was ejected from the game.
-
Officials have linked a set of keys to an abandoned U-Haul van found blocks from the Brooklyn shooting. Investigators say the van was rented by Frank R. James in Philadelphia.
-
The second year of the NBA's play-in playoff tournament begins on Tuesday. With no clear-cut favorites, the title is up for grabs.
-
After protracted negotiations between Major League Baseball's owners and players led to a 99-day lockout, baseball officially begins with new rules and new faces.
-
The University of Kansas just won the NCAA men's basketball championship, but the results of an investigation into recruiting violations may spoil the party.
-
The prestigious golf tournament tees off Thursday, with Tiger Woods announcing that he plans to participate for the first time since a serious car crash in 2021. He'll see plenty of competition.
-
After weeks of speculation, the golf legend said "I feel like I am going to play" in the tournament. His announcement comes less than 14 months after he was seriously injured in a car accident.
-
"Today marks our taskforce's first seizure of an asset belonging to a sanctioned individual with close ties to the Russian regime. It will not be the last," said Attorney General Merrick Garland.