Blogs
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By: Sierra Crane-Murdoch on Feb 19, 2011
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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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By: Nancy Greenleese on May 22, 2010
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On a recent Saturday, I sat with Cosimo Scordato in a scruffy piazza outside the opulent Church of San Francesco Saverio in Palermo. more...
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By: Don Duncan on Nov 21, 2009
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On the back of Nassir Khan Nassiri's black jacket are emblazoned the words "Rough Soul." The letters, stitched in a death metal font, glow in the dark as he makes his way through the cold, wet streets of Calais, France.
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By: Rebecca Kanthor on Oct 10, 2009
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The first time I recorded Yuan Zhao Bao, I went to his home, a shack at the back on the bank of the Suzhou River. He decided to set up shop in his neighborhood instead of the hour walk away where he usually sells. It turned out to be an unpleasant experience. more...
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By: Chris Burrell on Sep 30, 2009
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It's fair to say it was the vibe at the Salvation Army Family Store that caught my attention and made me feel as if I wasn't just in some random thrift store. Motown music played on the radio, and it see more...
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Carla Seidl is a singer-songwriter, writer, and independent radio producer currently serving as a Girls' Education and Empowerment volunteer with the Peace Corps in Togo. To find out more about her work, music, and other travel adventures, please visit CarlaSeidl.com.
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.
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."
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.