Blogs
Blogs
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By: Kelley Weiss on Dec 11, 2010
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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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By: Chris Burrell on Sep 10, 2010
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I'll admit that I don’t eat a lot of frozen seafood, but the chance to climb aboard a ship laden with tons of cod, shrimp and even octopus had a certain appeal. more...
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By: Nancy Greenleese on Mar 29, 2010
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In Rome, I recently crossed paths with a Canadian couple who were visiting my adopted city. They told me that they weren't eating in any restaurants during their visit to Italy. more...
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By: Grant Fuller on May 29, 2010
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As a reporter, I have a soft spot for random curiosities. Things I've never seen before, things that are quirky, things most journalists would never consider covering. more...
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By: Shannon Young on Jan 09, 2010
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My first encounter with the camotero cart was through its distant whistle in the streets of Mexico City. "What was that?" I asked a friend. I think the explanation confused me more than the sound; a wood more...
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Reporters
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.
Don Duncan is a freelance print and radio reporter and videographer based in Beirut, Lebanon, where he covered the country's recent election, it's 2007 political crisis, and the conflict at the Nahr al Bared Palestinian camp.
His reporting has also brought him to Afghanistan, where he covered the plight of the country's disabled and the advances in development in the north of the country; to Miami, to look into the shifting power-play of Florida's Latino vote, between Cubans and non-Cuban Hispanics; and most recently to Nepal and Bhutan where, funded by The Nation Institute in New York, he investigated the beginnings of an insurgency facing Bhutan as it settles into its newly-created democracy.
Originally from Ireland, Don speaks fluent French and Irish. He holds the Bachelor's degree in literature from Trinity College Dublin and Master's degrees in politics and journalism from Columbia University in New York.
Don's recent stories on the World Vision Report are listed here.
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."
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.
As a Middlebury Fellow in Environmental Journalism, Sierra Crane-Murdoch wrote about coal miners, water, strip mining, and mountain culture from her base in Southwestern Virginia. She has freelanced in print, radio, and photography, and is a staff writer for High Country News, a magazine that covers the American West.