Fellows & Editors
Andrea Crossan
- Trip:
- Kenya 2009
- Affiliation:
- "The World," BBC/PRI
- Country:
- Kenya
- Year:
- 2009
Andrea Crossan is a radio producer with the British Broadcasting Corporation World Service. She works for “The World” news program, a co-production of the BBC, PRI and WGBH in Boston. Crossan moved to Boston after working as a BBC producer in London. Before joining the program, Crossan worked for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Associated Press and the London bureau of NBC News. She has reported from England, Nicaragua, Canada, and Italy. Her stories focused on social development, the environment, human rights issues, rural communities, and music. Crossan has a Masters degree in International Journalism from City University London.
Stories
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Kenya film Togetherness Supreme
Photo courtesy of PRI's "The World" Kenyans went to the polls Wednesday to vote on a draft constitution. The new constitution was introduced in the wake of violence which followed the disputed...
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Saving Kenya’s Lions
The population of lions in the East African nation of Kenya is on the decline. Conservationists there have put forth a radical proposal. To save the lions, they say, the lions should...
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Kenya’s peace graffiti artist
Andrea Crossan Solomon Muyundo AKA Solo 7 Read the Transcript This text below is a phonetic transcript of a radio story broadcast by PRI's THE WORLD. It has been created on deadline by...
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Reporter’s Journal part V: Snapshots of Kenya
The World's Andrea Crossan recently met up with Kenyan artist Solomon Muyundo, also known as Solo 7. Muyundo is famous in his native Kibera, a huge slum in Nairobi. He's a graffiti artist...
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Disease Detectives in Kenya
Kibera, Kenya The World Health Organization reported that the H1N1 swine flu virus has now sickened just shy of 60,000 people. That's the number of confirmed cases worldwide. Of those, just five...
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Reporter’s Journal part III: Snapshots of Kenya
Andrea in the Matatu Nairobi by Matatu After a few days in Laikipia, me and my fellow International Reporting Project journalists are back in Nairobi. I feel like I have spent so...
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Reporter’s Journal part II: Snapshots of Kenya
Cattle in Kenya's Laikipia Province I'm The World's Andrea Crossan, and I'm currently criss-crossing Kenya with 11 other journalists. We're part of the International Reporting Project. In my first entry, I visited Nyanza...
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Reporter’s Journal: Snapshots of Kenya
Andrea Crossan My name is Andrea Crossan, and I'm a producer here at The World. As you can see, though, I'm not currently in Boston. I'm in Kenya for two weeks with...
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