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Donald Kerwin’s Biography
Read Full Bio →Donald Kerwin is ED Emeritus of the Center for Migration Studies of New York, Editor in Chief of the Journal on Migration and Human Security, and a senior Ignation Migration fellow at Jesuit Refugee Service/USA. He is also a Senior Fellow at Emory University's Center for the Study of Law and Religion. From Sept. 2011 to December 2023, he served as ED of CMS, a New York-based educational institute and think tank devoted to the study of international migration, the promotion of understanding be…
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See all 5 answers →What was your first job as a journalist?
I'm not a journalist, more of a lawyer and think-tanker.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
Yes, through college, but I still have a stock of white-outs.
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
I draw from a wide range of sources, but try to write from the perspective of refugees, immigrants and their communities.