Clip 1 (of 2) from an interview with Muhammad Feeroz, a 22 year old man who escaped to Malakpur relief camp in early September following clashes between Hindus and Muslims in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India. The interview took place in late October. Language: Hindi

Muhammad Feeroz -- Muzaffarnagar (1)

Clip 2 (of 2) from an interview with Muhammad Feeroz, a 22 year old man who escaped to Malakpur relief camp in early September following clashes between Hindus and Muslims in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India. The interview took place in late October. Language: Hindi

Muhammad Feeroz -- Muzaffarnagar (2)

A three-minute excerpt from the radio story, "India's new leader favors the Hindi language, which is a problem for the country's 50 million Urdu speakers." The piece originally aired on August 1, 2014, on PRI's "The World in Words" podcast.

An excerpt from a radio story on language politics in India

Part 1 of a two-part interview with Jennifer Estrada-Feller and Mark Feller, in Houston, Texas.

JennMark - 1

Part 2 of a two-part interview with Jennifer Estrada-Feller and Mark Feller, in Houston, Texas.

JennMark - 2

For many university students, graduation is fast approaching. But for international students who want to stay in the United States, getting a visa is harder than ever. Sonia Paul reports.

Visa Showdown Hits As International Workers Look For Jobs

HOST INTRO: WikiLeaks has announced its latest release of information. It’s a collection of more than a million State Department files from the 1970s. WikiLeaks calls it the “Public Library of U.S. Diplomacy,” or Plus D.  Sonia Paul spoke with Jeff Stein. He’s a national security reporter and founder of the blog SpyTalk. He says this new collection of documents marks a new direction for Wikileaks.

SpyTalk Blog: http://spytalkblog.blogspot.com/
WikiLeaks “Plus D” Project: http://wikileaks.org/plusd/

More Than A Million State Department Files Released By WikiLeaks

HOST INTRO: On Wednesday, the Senate released its draft bill for comprehensive immigration form. That same day, Evangelicals from across the country gathered at the Capitol. They came for a national day of prayer and action on immigration.
Reporter Sonia Paul went to Washington and visited the Evangelicals’ evening worship. She spoke with the Reverend David Beckman about the day’s events. He’s the president of the Christian poverty relief program Bread for the World.

Evangelical Christians Rally For An Unlikely Cause

HOST INTRO: Traveling has its ups and downs. When commentator Sonia Paul took a three-week trip to Mongolia to discover the country’s natural beauty, she found that sometimes all you can do is count on the kindness of strangers — even if it leads you astray.

How Not To Travel In Mongolia

HOST INTRO: Some Evangelical Christians have embraced comprehensive immigration reform in recent months. It’s a huge shift for the group, usually conservative in its politics. An influx of Latino congregants has pushed the church into changing its stance. Sonia Paul reports.

Report originally featured on the April 26, 2013, episode of UptownRadio.org.
http://uptownradio.org/2013/04/26/latino-evangelicals-reshape-immigration-views/

Latino Evangelicals Reshape Immigration Views

I'm a freelance journalist, producer and media consultant based in Lucknow, India. Alongside foreign affairs, I specialize in covering trends in media and digital culture. I'll produce content in any medium, but I especially love radio. My work has appeared on Al Jazeera English, the New York Times' India Ink, Uptown Radio and Mashable, among others. I also created and produced a podcast series, Shizuoka Speaks (shizuokaspeaks.com), while living in Japan.

Have a listen and let me know what you think!

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