Jose Antonio Vargas is a reporter for the Washington Post, where he covers the convergence of politics and the Internet. Previously, he wrote about video game culture and HIV/AIDS in Washington, and won a Pulitzer Prize as part of a team that covered the 2007 massacre at Virginia Tech. He's also written for the Philadelphia Daily News, the San Francisco Chronicle and New York magazine, and has appeared on CNN, National Public Radio and The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.

A proud alumnus of Mountain View High School ('00) and San Francisco State University ('04), he loves jazz, can't get enough of Ben & Jerry's and worships at the altars of Altman, Almodovar, Didion, Baldwin and Orwell.

He lives in Washington, D.C. and can be found on Facebook.