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By: Judy Martin on Jan 16, 2010
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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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By: Judy Martin on May 09, 2009
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It was startling at best. Scary, one could argue, and certainly disconcerting. Looking down the barrel of a faux shotgun made of a large tree branch, a man towered over me, screaming, "No press allowed, get back!" more...
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By: Judy Martin on Oct 29, 2008
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East Harlem is arguably one of the poorest communities in New York City. Nearly 40% of residents live below the poverty line and unemployment is twice the national average. It’s a mecca of anti-poverty programs.
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Reporters
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.
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.
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.
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.
Sarah Kramer is currently based in New York City. She is a radio producer, photographer, and oral historian. She has lived in Morocco, Chile, Guatemala, France, and the USA. (She likes exploring.) View her work at www.whatisbeau.com.
Sarah's recent stories on the World Vision Report are listed here.