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On a September afternoon in the old brick restaurant on Whitesville, West Virginia's main drag, Elizabeth "Punky" Casto tossed a boa over her shoulder, hiked up her lacy red dress, and pointed her finger at the gathering crowd. more...

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Maricel Apatan has hands. You just can’t see them.

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An oil and gas rush is on in the eastern Mediterranean, and while resource-poor Lebanon may be late to the race, government officials are working feverishly to make sure this country wastes no more time more...

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By: Don Duncan on Dec 18, 2010

On a recent afternoon, 13-year-old Ahmad Hassani traipsed around Kabul's busy market street, Strand Bazaar. He had the equivalent of 25 US cents in his pocket for the best kite his money can buy. more...

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Before I went to see the much-touted açaí berry growing in the Amazonian rainforest I did a little research stateside to prepare. more...

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Amelia de Sousa

Amelia de Sousa Amelia De Sousa is a journalist based in Haiti. After winning a Fulbright Fellowship to Haiti in 2003 to study mass media and HIV prevention, Amelia started an independent film company to create educational materials for grassroots organizations working in social change. When the government collapsed a year later, Amelia started freelance radio reporting for major broadcasters like National Public Radio, the BBC, and CNN. She has been happy to report for World Vision Report since January of 2006.
Grant Fuller

Grant Fuller

Grant Fuller is an independent radio producer living in Mexico City. He has a degree from Trinity University and a certificate from the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies. His work has appeared on the World Vision Report, NYTimes.com, Weekend America, and Morning Edition through the American oral history project, StoryCorps.

Grant's recent stories on the World Vision Report are listed here.

Judy Martin

Judy Martin

Judy Martin is an Emmy award-winning journalist more than 20 years in broadcast news specializing in social issues, business and work life culture. A former NYC Correspondent for the Marketplace Morning Report, she now contributes to National Public Radio, CNBC Business Radio, The World Vision Report and News 12 TV Networks in New York.

Contact Judy at http://www.worklifemonitor.com/ or http://www.judymartinspeaks.com/.

Taurai Maduna

Taurai Maduna

Taurai Maduna is a Zimbabwean journalist based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

As a photographer, his work has been used by international news agencies that include Agence France Presse (AFP) and the European Pressphoto Agency (EPA).

As a writer his work has been used by IRIN News and Panos London.

Anna Boiko-Weyrauch

Anna Boiko-Weyrauch

Anna Boiko-Weyrauch is an independent radio producer. Her work has aired on Morning Edition, Weekend America, Marketplace, and Voice of America. She also worked for the United Nations Radio News Service in New York City. Anna is fluent in Japanese and Spanish -– with a smattering of French, Mandarin and Kinyarwanda.