Fellows & Editors
Marc Ramirez
- Trip:
- Fellows Fall 2001
- Affiliation:
- Seattle Times
- Country:
- Cuba
- Year:
- 2001
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Marc Ramirez is a reporter for the Seattle Times, where since 1996 he has written news and features on topics ranging from social, cultural and spiritual issues to youth, recreation and travel. He also worked for the Times from 1990-94 as a Sunday magazine staff writer and education reporter before spending more than two years writing for the Phoenix New Times, an alternative weekly in his hometown. Prior to completing his master's in Journalism from the University of California at Berkeley, he reported for the Phoenix Gazette and interned with the Wall Street Journal. He has an American Studies degree from the University of Notre Dame.
Stories
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For Cuba’s disillusioned youth, hip-hop offers a way to speak out
Award Winner CIENFUEGOS, Cuba - Here on the outskirts of this industrial southern coastal city, a thousand excited youths gather in the November darkness of a community center turned concert venue. Bicycles...
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Young Cubans turn to hip-hop
CIENFUEGOS,Cuba - In a country better known for salsa, rumba and the Buena Vista Social Club, the beats of hip-hop are inspiring a generation of disillusioned young people who see their...
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Cuba’s rap revolution: Tough times inspire musical commentary
CIENFUEGOS, Cuba — Along the lapping waves of this southern coastal city, the dimly lit Casa de la Musica seems an unlikely source of revolution. The open-air club is part of a...
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