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Jamshid Ghazi Askar

Jamshid Ghazi Askar is an enterprise reporter covering Values in the Media for the Deseret News.

A proud half-Iranian born in Los Angeles, Mr. Askar spent his formative years growing up in Orange County. He holds a law degree from BYU and a bachelor's degree in English from University of California, Irvine. His bylines have appeared in the Orange County Register, UC Irvine's New University, Trabuco Hills High School's Mustang Stampede, and Los Alisos Intermediate School's Hablamos. Before joining the Deseret News family in 2008, he interned for the Houston Astros. Mr. Askar works as an online instructor for BYU-Idaho and teaches continuing education classes for BYU. He resides in Utah County with his wife, three children and Heidi the wiener dog.

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Recent Articles by Jamshid Ghazi Askar

Video games may be good for your brain after all

Published: Friday, June 1, 2012 12:00 am MDT

Michigan State psychology professor Linda Jackson freely admits she had no idea what a bombshell her findings about video games would prove to be.

Mitt Romney says he won't draw focus to his Mormon faith

Published: Thursday, May 31, 2012 7:42 am MDT

During an extensive interview with Fox News, Mitt Romney said that he would continue to speak generally about religion without focusing on his own personal beliefs.`

Staying alive: Zoos and nations go to great lengths to save animal species

Published: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 9:16 am MDT

Zoos are agonizing over hard decisions regarding which endangered species are the best candidates for preservation efforts. Also, Canada announced Monday it will spend $17.5 million in an effort to protect the ...

Mitt Romney carefully unveils his vision for governing America (+video)

Published: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 9:05 am MDT

Romney is rolling out the policy positions that give an indication of how he intends to govern if elected president.

Glenn Beck unleashes his dogs of war

Published: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 12:00 am MDT

Last summer, Fox News cancelled Beck's show, meaning he'd suddenly lost an audience of 2 million. But as last December's event in Manhattan illustrates, Beck's political influence is still significant, and that...

Glenn Beck: Living large in Texas, and richer than ever

Published: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 8:10 am MDT

Media mogul Glenn Beck now ranks higher on the Forbes Celebrity 100 list of the most powerful celebrities than ever before. Also, Beck recently moved his GBTV operation to spacious new digs in Dallas.

Vets heart Mitt: Romney enjoys big advantage over Obama among veterans

Published: Monday, May 28, 2012 3:57 pm MDT

Poll shows that Romney holds a big lead over Obama among veterans, a key voting demographic that includes 24 percent of adult males in the U.S.

Sarah Palin catches flak over her Orrin Hatch endorsement

Published: Friday, May 25, 2012 9:14 am MDT

Some of Sarah Palin's staunchest supporters simply aren't onboard with her choice to support Sen. Orrin Hatch.

Olympic hurdler Lolo Jones says she's a virgin, and Tim Tebow gets teased as a result

Published: Thursday, May 24, 2012 5:36 pm MDT

Olympic hurdler Lolo Jones has been widely praised for telling HBO that she's a virgin in an interview that aired Tuesday.

Combating the negative impacts of reality TV on girls' sense of self

Published: Sunday, May 20, 2012 12:00 am MDT

As media critic and journalist Jennifer Pozner watched a scene unfold on reality TV in the summer of 2003, it set her mind racing. What would girls watching the show take away from the comments — that a m...