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Photography Gallery: Faces of Mental Illness
Modesto Bee/CHCF Center for Health ReportingEveryone pictured in this 12-person photo gallery has a mental illness. They live in this community. A daughter. An uncle. A sister. A friend. A neighbor. A co-worker. They are us. Photography by Lauren M. Whaley/CHCF Center for Health Reporting. More…
Normalizing Mental Illness: One Mom's Hope
Modesto Bee/CHCF Center for Health ReportingJoyce Plis directs the National Alliance on Mental Illness in Modesto, California. She's a hero to sick people who have nowhere else to turn. Her son Eric, 46, has schizophrenia. Photography, audio and production by Lauren M. Whaley/CHCF Center for Health Reporting. More…
Los DesafÃos que Deberán Enfrentar Los Candidatos: Primera Parte
La TerceraPart 1 in a two part series, this project examines some of the major issues in the 2009 Chilean Presidential Election. Part 1 contains videos addressing crime, health care, education and social protections. More…
A People Torn: Liberians in Minnesota
Star TribuneThousands of Liberians fled their country during a civil war and settled in Minnesota. This package explores the culture of the immigrants, their contributions to the Minneapolis area, and the possibilities for their future. More…
War Letters : The Lives Behind the Lines
National GeographicTheir words tell different stories: A mother coming to terms with the loss of her son, a young Afghan woman returning to the homeland she fled many years before, a soldier encouraging his young wife back home. Listen to war letters that speak of healing, hope, and love, in their words. More…
Life Revealed, A
National GeographicHer face is internationally recognized. She has become an icon symbol of a war-weary country, a youth lost too early. Ever since she appeared on the cover of the June 1985 National Geographic, the unidentified "girl with the eyes," the "Afghan girl," has cast her disarming gaze on the world, forcing us to take a second look and compelling us to ask, "Who is she?" Now, after 17 years, she has been found. She is alive. She has a name: Sharbat Gula. More…
12th Van Cliburn, The
Star-TelegramA multimedia site with videos, audio, a trivia game and photos documenting the up-and-comers on the classical piano scene. More…
SoundBites from the Democratic National Convention 2004
USA TodayEnterprise reporting by the multimedia team of usatoday.com. The special package includes One on One audio from top newsmakers, Behind the Scenes and on the Convention Floor. More…
Ten Years of Democracy in South Africa
The Washington PostMultiple chapter video looking at the state of democracy in South Africa. Video in Flash. Video by John Poole. More…
You Decide
KQEDYou Decide uses a simple but engaging and innovative interface to challenge its audience on issues of national debate. As a user engages with each activity, they find themselves being argued with my an online devil's advocate. Whatever position they take, You Decide takes the opposite. The idea is to foster critical thinking and expose the gray areas in the topic at hand. The result is often enlightening: the issues we as a nation consider most important may in fact be wedge issues, non-issues covering up deeper concerns -- and keeping us from having more meaningful debate. We point out that in the end, we hope you will ask different -- and better -- questions than those presented here. More…
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