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By: Conrad Fox on Feb 21, 2009
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I was in a taxi in Medellin when I got a call on my cell phone. "Conrad, we may not be able to get you in to see the Jagua project," said the man who was organizing my trip. "There's reports the Aguilas Negras are in the zone."
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By: Conrad Fox on Feb 10, 2009
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Not everyone wants you to talk to people at the center of a news story, even when you know you have only their interests at heart. I attended a workshop delivered to refugees by an aid organization in Bogota. The director of the program looked at me with distaste when I told her I hoped to interview the attendees. She made me search out my work on the internet to prove I was genuine. more...
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By: Conrad Fox on Feb 04, 2009
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"Garbage pickers" was the story I most dreaded doing. I have a rule for myself: if I'm reporting on somebody's job, I have to try it too. I've helped fish, cook, build houses, plant corn, pick coffee, even sell pancakes. So I knew what was waiting for me.
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By: Conrad Fox on Jan 30, 2009
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A little less than a year ago, I visited Samaniego, in the south of Colombia, to report on villagers trapped in their homes by landmines. more...
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By: Conrad Fox on Oct 07, 2008
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Our reporter in Mexico, Conrad Fox, illustrates some of the hazards of getting "even the simplest stories" ...
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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. 
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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.
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.
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.