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A Conversation with Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
President of Liberia Ellen Johnson Sirleaf spoke with IRP Gatekeepers this month on issues ranging from economic growth, contracts with multinational companies, ethnic tensions and security. Click here to listen to the three-part conversation.
400 Kids Killed by Lead Poisoning
by Betsy Pisik
Kula cannot remember exactly when her brother and son brought the grinder home, but its impact was immediate: The family’s income more than tripled, as they pulverized locally mined ...
Foreign Reporting: It’s Not Like It Used to Be
by John Schidlovsky
IRP Director John Schidlovsky contributed an article on the International Reporting Project (IRP)’s history and plans for the future for the fall 2010 issue of “Nieman Reports,” ...
Gatekeeper Editors
Liberia 2010
This trip to Liberia will focus on issues such as health, environment, economic recovery and development, women’s rights, refugee resettlement and the search for political stability after 14 years of a devastating civil war. Photo: Laura McClure, Mother Jones/IRP
Recent Blog Posts
FROM THE FIELD
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- November 30, 2010
- IRP
- by Jordana Hochman
From Liberia: Bad Roads Block Progress; Good Roads Will Speed It
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- November 24, 2010
- IRP
- by Laura McClure Houghton
Liberia: African Feminists Look Like This
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- November 20, 2010
- IRP
- by Steven Scher
President Sirleaf’s interview with IRP Gatekeepers
IRP BLOG
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- IRP
- by John Schidlovsky
Why Liberia?