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Screenshot from a video of Nick Kristof's phone call to essay winner Casey Parks (nytimes.com)

Into Africa

Friday, September 08, 2006

New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof sponsored an essay contest with a very unusual prize: an all-expenses paid trip to see some of the worst poverty in the world. On our next program, Nicholas Kristof and his contest winner, 23-year-old Casey Parks of Jackson, Mississippi, talk about what she’s won. Also: how the media’s portrayal of terrorist threats affects society, and a call-in on being a 9/11 family member or survivor.

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Chief Concern

William Bratton Los Angeles Chief of Police, former New York City Police Commissioner
- where local policing and counter-terrorism intersect

» Policing Terrorism by George L. Kelling and William J. Bratton

Media Matters

Brigitte Nacos adjunct professor of political science, Columbia University
-how the administration's terror alerts increased political poll numbers and the effects on society of the media's portrayal of the threats

» Mass-Mediated Terror Threats Intimidate the Public (from Brigitte Nacos's blog)
» Reflective Pundit

Into Africa

Nicholas KristofNew York Times columnist
and
Casey Parks winner of the "Win A Trip With Nick Kristof" essay contest
- how poverty at home compares to poverty around the world and what they plan to see on their trip to Africa

» Win A Trip With Nick Kristof
» Casey Park's winning essay

What Have We Learned: Family Members and Survivors

Dr. Elaine Valdov president of the International Institute for a Culture of Peace and director at Finding New Hope, an organization that offers counseling to survivors of the 9/11 attacks
and
Christopher Baumann, first responding NYPD officer, injured in the attacks
-stories from family members of 9/11 victims and what they've learnt in the last five years

» Dr. Elaine Valdov