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By: Conrad Fox on Feb 21, 2009
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I was in a taxi in Medellin when I got a call on my cell phone. "Conrad, we may not be able to get you in to see the Jagua project," said the man who was organizing my trip. "There's reports the Aguilas Negras are in the zone."
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By: Conrad Fox on Feb 10, 2009
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Not everyone wants you to talk to people at the center of a news story, even when you know you have only their interests at heart. I attended a workshop delivered to refugees by an aid organization in Bogota. The director of the program looked at me with distaste when I told her I hoped to interview the attendees. She made me search out my work on the internet to prove I was genuine. more...
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By: Conrad Fox on Feb 04, 2009
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"Garbage pickers" was the story I most dreaded doing. I have a rule for myself: if I'm reporting on somebody's job, I have to try it too. I've helped fish, cook, build houses, plant corn, pick coffee, even sell pancakes. So I knew what was waiting for me.
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By: Conrad Fox on Jan 30, 2009
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A little less than a year ago, I visited Samaniego, in the south of Colombia, to report on villagers trapped in their homes by landmines. more...
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By: Conrad Fox on Oct 07, 2008
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Our reporter in Mexico, Conrad Fox, illustrates some of the hazards of getting "even the simplest stories" ...
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Heba Aly is a Khartoum-based freelance journalist. She has worked for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in both radio and television, as well as many of Canada's largest daily newspapers. She has also worked for the United Nations' humanitarian news service (IRIN) in Senegal, West Africa and Chad, central Africa.
As a freelancer in Sudan, Heba has contributed news and features to various outlets, including the Globe and Mail, Christian Science Monitor, Public Radio International and IRIN. She speaks fluent Englsh and French, and also speaks Arabic and Spanish.
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Ruth has been reporting from China since 2005. She has filed for Marketplace, Deutsche Welle, German Radio and other outlets and also writes for newspapers and magazines.
Ruth is an accomplished radio journalist. Prior to moving to China she worked for the BBC World Service in London for more than a decade, producing and editing programs such as NewsHour, The World Today and Europe Today.
"China never fails to surprise and astonish me," Ruth says. The Middle Kingdom is a difficult place to report from. Journalists face all kinds of restrictions and obstacles. "But people's courage and determination to make this a better place and fight for their rights makes working in China a tremendously rewarding experience."
Nancy Greenleese can't help but report from Rome, Italy. Every day seems worthy of a documentary, from her morning cappuccino with a heart design in the foam to churches that resonate with the enchanting sounds of nuns singing vespers.
The radio and print reporter also travels widely. She's covered bird-watching in Trinidad and Tobago, professional baseball in Mexico, and Brunei's obsession with the smelly fruit durian.
Nancy's recent stories on the World Vision Report are listed here.
Emily Wong's radio stories about Kenya have aired on the World Vision Report, the BBC World Service and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's radio program Dispatches.
At the United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN-HABITAT), she worked as a consultant on gender equality programs, based in Nairobi, Kenya. In the United Kingdom, she has worked as a domestic violence victims' advocate. She lives in London.