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Empowering Women Citizen Journalists: An Interview with Cristi Hegranes

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She was also awarded their annual Ida B. So often, government control, or just lack of access to information and media, prevents people from really being able to be educated and informed about serious issues that are going on around them. We are also in discussions in Peru, in Burkina Faso, and in Botswana as well.

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MCON13 Live Blog: The Millennial Movement (Jose Antonio Vargas, Define American)

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I can write for big papers, win some awards, and maybe then I can get papers! In writing the TIME piece, I''d call the government and ask "Why haven''t you deported me? So the cover photo had 35 people from many different countries: Israel, Peru, the Philippines, China, Guatemala. Not the case. And I also happen to be gay.