{"id":1762,"date":"2019-08-02T15:12:35","date_gmt":"2019-08-02T15:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ona19.journalists.org\/speaker\/jose-vargas\/"},"modified":"2019-08-02T15:12:35","modified_gmt":"2019-08-02T15:12:35","slug":"jose-vargas","status":"publish","type":"ona_speaker","link":"https:\/\/ona19.journalists.org\/speaker\/jose-vargas\/","title":{"rendered":"Jose Vargas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jose Antonio Vargas is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Emmy-nominated filmmaker, and Tony-nominated producer. A leading voice for the human rights of immigrants, he founded the non-profit media and culture organization Define American, named one of the World\u2019s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company. His best-selling memoir, Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen, was published by HarperCollins in 2018. Most recently, he co-produced Heidi Schreck\u2019s acclaimed Broadway play What the Constitution Means to Me, which was nominated for two 2019 Tony awards, including Best Play. 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