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Mark Olalde is an environmental reporter who has covered mining and energy policy in the U.S., southern Africa and the Caribbean. He laid the groundwork for his ongoing investigations into South...

Kira Zalan is an American freelance journalist living in East Africa. Her narrative stories strive to shed light on how policies and political decisions impact individuals on the human level. Before...

Mark Fahey is a data journalist and graphics editor at CNBC. His stories and visualizations have also appeared in The Wall Street Journal, CNN Money, and Crain's New York Business. Fahey studied...

Caitlin Cotter was trained as a veterinarian at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She practiced veterinary medicine, and then she went on to complete a Masters in Public Health at the Johns Hopkins...