Fellows & Editors
Ben de la Cruz
- Trip:
- Uganda 2008
- Affiliation:
- Washingtonpost.com
- Country:
- Uganda
- Year:
- 2008
Ben de la Cruz is an Emmy Award winning documentary video producer and reporter for washingtonpost.com. Prior to joining the website in January 2000, Ben worked as an independent producer for public television, a print reporter covering the Internet industry and a freelance photography reviewer for Photo District News magazine. Ben has also co-produced songs released by Sony Music, Dischord and DCide Records. Ben's series of 12 video stories about racial identity on washingtonpost.com was part of Being a Black Man, a year-long multimedia project that won the George Foster Peabody Award in 2007. These videos were also nominated for a national Emmy in 2008.
Stories
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Ugandan President Museveni on HIV/AIDS
In May 2008 12 senior U.S. editors and producers traveled to Uganda for a 10-day International Reporting Project (IRP) Gatekeeper Editors trip. They were accompanied by Ben de la Cruz of Washingtonpost.com,...
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Ugandan President on Population Growth
In May 2008 12 senior U.S. editors and producers traveled to Uganda for a 10-day International Reporting Project (IRP) Gatekeeper Editors trip. They were accompanied by Ben de la Cruz of Washingtonpost.com,...
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Ugandan President on the Environment
In May 2008 12 senior U.S. editors and producers traveled to Uganda for a 10-day International Reporting Project (IRP) Gatekeeper Editors trip. They were accompanied by Ben de la Cruz of Washingtonpost.com,...
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Ugandan President on Food Crisis
In May 2008 12 senior U.S. editors and producers traveled to Uganda for a 10-day International Reporting Project (IRP) Gatekeeper Editors trip. They were accompanied by Ben de la Cruz of Washingtonpost.com,...
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Ugandan President on Economy
In May 2008 12 senior U.S. editors and producers traveled to Uganda for a 10-day International Reporting Project (IRP) Gatekeeper Editors trip. They were accompanied by Ben de la Cruz of Washingtonpost.com,...
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Male Circumcision and HIV/AIDS
Recent studies in Uganda and elsewhere show that male circumcision helps reduce the transmission of HIV/AIDS. Dr. Joseph Kagaayi, medical officer at the Rakai Health Services Program in southwestern Uganda, explains...
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Seeds of Peace
Two decades into Uganda's civil war, peace seems to be within reach. But the country's displaced people must still travel a long road to recovery. Watch Ben De La Cruz's multimedia piece...
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Poor Roads in Uganda, 2008 Group Trip
In May 2008 12 senior U.S. editors and producers traveled to Uganda for a 10-day International Reporting Project (IRP) group trip. They were accompanied by Ben de la Cruz of the Washingtonpost...
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