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By: Nancy Greenleese on Jul 10, 2010
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I walk through the town of San Giuseppe Jato and notice that everyone is staring at me. I'm in heart of Mafia territory, reporting on a hotel and restaurant that is fighting back against the organized cri more...
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By: Prue Clarke on Sep 28, 2008
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Alfred Sirleaf, with his "Daily Talk" blackboard newspaper, is a kick in the pants to us journalists who take our resources for granted -- and to anyone, political candidates included, who thinks the media is not one of the most crucial elements in our democracy ...
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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.
Jared Ferrie is a freelance journalist and correspondent for The National Newspaper. He was born in Vancouver where he worked as a daily reporter for print and radio, but after reading one too many books written by foreign correspondents he decided to move overseas. Jared has reported from countries in West Africa and Southeast Asia, as well as Afghanistan and rebel-held territory in Sri Lanka. He currently lives in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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.
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.