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Ruxandra Guidi

Trip:
Fellows Fall 2008
Affiliation:
Freelance Writer and Producer
Country:
Haiti
Year:
2008
Email:
[email protected]

Ruxandra Guidi is a freelance radio and print news correspondent for South and Central America. Since 2007, she has reported from Bolivia, Brazil, Peru, Panama, Venezuela and Mexico. In early 2008, she worked on a series of reports for print, radio and television about the lives of coca farmers in Los Yungas, Bolivia. Previously, she did production and reporting work for the BBC public radio news program, "The World." Her stories focused on Latin American politics, human rights issues, rural communities, immigration, popular culture and music. She filed reports from Miami, Austin, the US-Mexico border, Mexico, Honduras and Turkey. After earning a Master’s degree in journalism from the University of California at Berkeley in 2002, she worked for independent radio producers The Kitchen Sisters. In 2003, she moved to Austin, where she did production and reporting work for NPR’s weekly show, "Latino USA." Guidi has also reported and produced features and documentaries for the BBC World Service in Spanish, "World Vision Report," Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s "Dispatches" and "Marketplace" radio programs.

Post-IRP Stories

Stories

  • Earthquake devastates Haiti

    by Guidi, Ruxandra | January 13, 2010

    The presidential palace was, at least at the time of my visit a little over a year ago, one of the most solid-looking buildings in Port-au-Prince. Located at the center of the...

  • Why is Foreign Aid Failing Haiti?

    by Guidi, Ruxandra | June 11, 2009

    Ruxandra Guidi is a freelance radio and print news correspondent. During her five-week IRP Fellowship Guidi traveled to Haiti to examine the effects of foreign aid on human rights, violence and poverty....

  • Haiti Trash Problem Becomes International Issue

    by Guidi, Ruxandra | June 11, 2009

    Brazil, South Africa and India are joining forces to clean up Haiti. In a partnership dubbed the "South-South" cooperation, they're overhauling Haiti's thoroughly inadequate state trash collection system.

  • Audio Gallery: The Burden of Aid

    by Guidi, Ruxandra | May 28, 2009

    During her five-week IRP Fellowship Guidi traveled to Haiti to examine the effects of foreign aid on human rights, violence and poverty. This gallery, with photos by Roberto "Bear" Guerra and music...

  • Haitian Loan Program Rewards Advancement

    by Guidi, Ruxandra | May 26, 2009

    The idea is simple: Haitian women take a small loan and commit to a program to improve their family's standard of living. The better they do improving their lives, the more money...

  • Geo Answer: Haiti

    by Guidi, Ruxandra | May 26, 2009

    Today's Geo Quiz takes us to a fishing village in northern Haiti where the beach is owned by a major cruise line and the locals don't get to use it. The answer...

  • Global Hit: Haiti’s walking jukebox

    by Guidi, Ruxandra | May 26, 2009

    Now to another city -- this one Haiti's capital -- Port-au-Prince. It's a poor though lively city. Many there survive on less than two dollars a day. Quite a few...

  • What does Venezuela want from Haiti

    by Guidi, Ruxandra | May 26, 2009

    Venezuela is trying to increase its influence throughout Central and South America — in particular Haiti. In the aftermath of summer storms, Venezuela has been contributing significant amounts of aid to the...

  • Help for Haiti

    by Guidi, Ruxandra | May 26, 2009

    Correspondent Ruxandra Guidi reports on the state of the humanitarian crisis in Haiti. Four back-to-back storms have pummeled the area since August....leaving hundreds of thousands of victims in need of food,...

  • Haiti: How do You Aid a Failed State?

    by Guidi, Ruxandra | May 26, 2009

    "When people talk about my country, they refer to it as a failed state," said Pierre Joaquim, an unemployed 26-year-old who stood outside the Haitian National Police headquarters in Port-au-Prince. "But I...

  • UN attempts tough police reform in Haiti

    by Guidi, Ruxandra | May 26, 2009

    Training a police force in Haiti has been a huge challenge for the United Nations mission there. It's working with the remnants of a force with a notorious legacy of brutality. ...

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