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Rob Schmitz
Affiliation during program: Minnesota Public Radio
Country Focus: China

	Program: Fall 2002 [email protected]

Rob Schmitz reports for KQED, the NPR affiliate in San Francisco, as the Los Angeles Bureau Chief for "The California Report," a state-wide public radio service in California. Previously he reported for Southern California Public Radio, where he covered Orange County, as well as Minnesota Public Radio, where he covered rural issues. His stories have appeared on such shows as "All Things Considered," PRI�s "The World," and "Morning Edition." Schmitz is also a freelance video journalist. He�s worked on documentaries in China for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and New York Times Television. Previously Schmitz was a freelance writer in China, where he lived for two years as a Peace Corps volunteer and nearly another year as a journalist. His work has appeared on The Learning Channel, the CBC, and in publications including The New York Times, The Star-Ledger and The Christian Science Monitor. He has a master's degree from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and a Bachelor of Applied Arts degree in Spanish from the University of Minnesota.

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	· Gesar of Ling
	· Lost Horizon: Visiting the New Shangri-La
	· Video: The New Shangri-La
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