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The African dream to play in the NBA

By: Taurai Maduna on Jan 30, 2010

I remember growing up and seeing a huge poster in my brother's room of the famous NBA player Michael Jordan, who played for the Chicago Bulls.

It was Elijah's pride and joy. It repr more...

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An authentic aboriginal boomerang is a treasure

By: Rachel Louise Snyder on Jan 25, 2010

The Melbourne Museum is one of the most incredible museums I've ever visited. They have a whole jungle with its own ecosystem built right in the middle of it.

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Disaster and the human chain

By: Grant Fuller on Jan 23, 2010

The day after Haiti's earthquake nightmare began, I wandered to the Haitian embassy in Mexico City to see what was happening. At first, I watched as a smattering of Haitians and Mexicans darted back and f more...

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A refugee/journalist perspective in Haiti

By: Amelia de Sousa on Jan 21, 2010

Dear practically everyone,

 

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...

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Haiti: After the Shock

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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Nancy Greenleese

Nancy Greenleese

Nancy Greenleese can't help but report from Rome, Italy. Every day seems worthy of a documentary, from her morning cappuccino with a heart design in the foam to churches that resonate with the enchanting sounds of nuns singing vespers.

The radio and print reporter also travels widely. She's covered bird-watching in Trinidad and Tobago, professional baseball in Mexico, and Brunei's obsession with the smelly fruit durian.

Conrad Fox

Conrad Fox

Read Conrad's blog for more information.

Don Duncan

Don Duncan

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.

www.donduncan.net

Prue Clarke

Prue Clarke

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.

Kira Neel

Kira Neel Kira Neel is a freelance journalist currently based in New York City. She works with youth around the world as a performer and workshop facilitator to document the effects of globalization and the happenings of an increasingly connected world.