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So first of all, my first missive went out to the world and went viral. I had no idea it would do that. I have gotten responses about it from people I don't know, who start their emails with, "You don't know me, but ..." more...

POSTED IN DISASTER
By: James Addis on Jan 20, 2010

This is a guest blog from the scene of the Haiti earthquake by James Addis, senior editor, World Vision Magazine.

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POSTED IN DISASTER

This is a guest blog from the scene of the Haiti earthquake by James Addis, senior editor, World Vision Magazine.

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POSTED IN DISASTER

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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Essentially, the entire world here in Haiti changed in a matter of about 45 seconds. I went to work on Tuesday morning with a strapless maternity dress on that my sister gave me, and little pumps and a red bead necklace. At 4:48 p.m. I was calmly sitting at a computer in the UN headquarters working on a story for the UN Television and thinking about going home soon. more...

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Ben Gilbert

Ben Gilbert

Ben Gilbert is a freelance radio, newspaper and magazine reporter based in Beirut, covering Middle East news, culture, conflict and economics.

His reports from Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates have aired on National Public Radio's All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Public Radio International's The World, American Public Media's Marketplace and Weekend America, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, BBC and ABC Radio.

His magazine and newspaper articles have appeared in US News and World Report, The Christian Science Monitor, The Daily Telegraph and The San Francisco Chronicle.

He is currently the Lebanon correspondent for globalpost.com.

Shannon Mullen

Shannon Mullen Shannon Mullen is a freelance reporter and film producer based in New England. She is a native of New Hampshire, where she studied Pre-Veterinary Medicine in college and dabbled in professional culinary pursuits before finding her niche in journalism. She has two dogs, lives on a farm, loves traveling and being outdoors.
Emily Wong

Emily Wong

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.

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.

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.