Blogs
Blogs
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By: Judy Martin on Jan 16, 2010
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They're known as the food deserts. Low-income neighborhoods in the five boroughs of New York City where people live below the poverty level amidst busy business districts. more...
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By: Linda Gradstein on Nov 14, 2009
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In a midwife's office in northern Liberia, I am beckoned closer to examine a young rape victim's cuts and bruises in her most private of places. At that moment, I ask myself, Is it possible for a journ more...
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By: Derek Moyo on Dec 20, 2008
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Covering the cholera story was no easy task. I woke up at 4 a.m. to drive to the border town of Musina in South Africa, which for the past three weeks had been battling a cholera outbreak that has killed more than 1,000 people in neighbouring Zimbabwe.
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By: Donald Giesen on Nov 10, 2008
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By: Grant Fuller on Oct 08, 2008
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I never expected her to die. When I saw little Fatmata's rotten leg up close in the operating room, and heard her painful screams in bed, I knew she was in bad shape. more...
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Reporters
Ruxandra Guidi is an independent journalist working in radio, print, and multimedia. She's based in Austin, TX, and reports regularly from the Caribbean, and both South and Central America. 
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."
Hailing from New Zealand, James Addison works as senior editor for World Vision Magazine, a publication of World Vision in the U.S.
He is currently on scene in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, covering the effects of the massive January 12 earthquake for World Vision, and relief efforts.
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.
Prue Clarke is an independent reporter specializing in Africa. She has exposed child slavery, corruption in foreign mining operations and a burgeoning child sex industry. Her reporting has won numerous awards in the United States and Canada.
Prue was previously a reporter with the Financial Times newspaper and the ABC.
Prue's recent stories on the World Vision Report are listed here.