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Is Haiti a dumping ground for America's leftovers?

By: Chris Burrell on Jun 19, 2010

It's not often that a story idea crops up within view of my apartment window, but this is how I first started asking questions about the ship to Haiti.

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Haitian Dancer: Music that makes you yearn for home.

By: Chris Burrell on Dec 12, 2009

I live in East Boston, Massachusetts, where there's a palpable Latino feel to the neighborhood, mostly El Salvadoran and Colombian. You can literally smell the fresh tortillas in the air when you emerge a more...

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A Day in the Life of a Salvation Army Thriftshop

By: Chris Burrell on Sep 30, 2009

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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Teen Farmers Shift Their Paradigm

By: Chris Burrell on Oct 10, 2009

As is often the case, especially with reporters, one story leads to another. You’re tuned in to a conversation with a farmer named Bill, a 40-year-old man who has lost his job as a land surveyor and dec more...

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Gretchen Wilson

Gretchen Wilson

Gretchen L. Wilson is based in Johannesburg, and reports throughout the continent on globalization, power and money. Her work has appeared on Marketplace, The World, Slate, the BBC, CBC, and in The Daily Beast, The Wall Street Journal, and the Associated Press. Gretchen is also the co-author of From Dust to Diamonds: Stories of South African Social Entrepreneurs (2007). Her Web site is www.gretchenlwilson.com.

Anna Boiko-Weyrauch

Anna Boiko-Weyrauch

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.

Judy Martin

Judy Martin

Judy Martin is an Emmy award-winning journalist more than 20 years in broadcast news specializing in social issues, business and work life culture. A former NYC Correspondent for the Marketplace Morning Report, she now contributes to National Public Radio, CNBC Business Radio, The World Vision Report and News 12 TV Networks in New York.

Contact Judy at http://www.worklifemonitor.com/ or http://www.judymartinspeaks.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.
Marcos Federman

Marcos Federman

Marcos' passions are social communications, radio, culture, people, and traveling. His favorite radio programs are technology and traveling. He says, "I love walking the world."

Marcos was part of the founding interdisciplinary team that created a psychiatric radio program in Argentina, and he has created a documentary on the subject. He works as a reporter for a few radio stations.

Marcos' blog.