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Steve Dawson

Stories By Steve Dawson
Project Exile: Eritrean broadcaster waited five years to escape
By  • 23 January 2017
"I felt like I was waking up from a nightmare." [caption id="attachment_8012" align="alignleft" width="241"] Temesghen Debesai[/caption] Temesghen Debesai decided to flee the East African nation of Eritrea in 2001. A prominent broadcaster on state television,…
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Ferguson reshaped columnist's career
By  • 13 January 2017
Tony Messenger knew that his journalistic career would never be the same after the 2014 killing of Michael Brown in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, Mo. In the days after the unarmed 18-year-old black…
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After rape, Irish abortion ban led woman to U.K.
By  • 4 December 2016
"I could get up to 14 years imprisonment for having an illegal abortion. Whereas the maximum penalty my rapist could get is seven years." When the U.S. Supreme Court overturned many state abortion restrictions in…
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    Global Journalist covers press freedom, human rights and international affairs. The weekly, half-hour discussion is produced by faculty and students of the Missouri School of Journalism and Mid-Missouri Public Radio featured interviews with international journalists, diplomats, activists and others.
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