{"id":213,"date":"2009-12-14T16:11:19","date_gmt":"2009-12-14T16:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/flirtingwithfaith\/2009\/12\/12-days-of-community-win-a-trip-with-ny-times-columnist-nicholas-kristof.html"},"modified":"2009-12-14T16:11:19","modified_gmt":"2009-12-14T16:11:19","slug":"12-days-of-community-win-a-trip-with-ny-times-columnist-nicholas-kristof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flirtingwithfaith\/2009\/12\/12-days-of-community-win-a-trip-with-ny-times-columnist-nicholas-kristof.html","title":{"rendered":"12 Days of Community: Win a Trip with NY Times Columnist Nicholas Kristof"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Have you ever wanted to know what it would be like to be an investigative journalist &#8211; traveling to the furthest and most dangerous regions of the world to give a voice to the voiceless by reporting on harrowing stories of social injustice? If so, here&#8217;s your chance.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Pulitzer prize-winning NY Times columnist <a href=\"http:\/\/topics.nytimes.com\/top\/opinion\/editorialsandoped\/oped\/columnists\/nicholasdkristof\/index.html\">Nicholas Kristoff<\/a>, has announced his fourth<a href=\"http:\/\/kristof.blogs.nytimes.com\/2009\/12\/12\/announcingdrumrollwin-a-trip-2010\/\"> &#8220;Win a Trip with Nicholas Kristof&#8221; contest.<\/a> First prize is a working trip to Africa to report on some of the most compelling and important stories of our day.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Kristof,&nbsp;who&nbsp;has reported on six continents and traveled to more than 140 countries and all 50 states and&nbsp;is described on his blog as having had &#8220;unpleasant experiences with malaria, mobs and an African airplane crash,&#8221; has made a name for himself as a voice for the voiceless throughout the world. His <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/06\/04\/opinion\/04kristof.html\">reporting of the Tiananmen Square democracy movement <\/a>won him (and his wife) a Pulitzer Prize and <a href=\"http:\/\/kristof.blogs.nytimes.com\/tag\/darfur\/\">his reporting of the genocide in Darfur<\/a>, which won him a second Pulitzer, is credited by many as the reason much of the world came to know of the genocide there.&nbsp;Check out the video below of visit to learn more about the contest and visit&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/kristof.blogs.nytimes.com\/\" style=\"text-decoration: underline; \">Kristof&#8217;s blog<\/a>&nbsp;for information on how to enter. This prize is no vacation, but is sure to be the trip of a lifetime. &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><font class=\"Apple-style-span\" color=\"#000000\" face=\"Georgia, serif\" size=\"3\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><font class=\"Apple-style-span\" color=\"#333333\" face=\"arial, helvetica, hirakakupro-w3, osaka, 'ms pgothic', sans-serif\" size=\"3\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 13px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/font><\/span><\/font><\/div>\n<p><object width=\"560\" height=\"340\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/ZO9596UuvAU&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/ZO9596UuvAU&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"560\" height=\"340\"><\/object><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; \"><a href=\"http:\/\/highcallingblogs.com\/blog\/5087\/12-days-of-self-promotion\/\" style=\"text-decoration: underline; \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2675\/4158258099_7a6cdc446d_o.png\" width=\"180\" alt=\"Christmas Badge\" style=\"border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; \" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; \"><b>Post 2 of 12<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; \"><b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center; \"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/flirtingwithfaith\/2009\/12\/12-days-of-community-day-1-ll-barkat.html\">Post 1: L.L. Barkat<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever wanted to know what it would be like to be an investigative journalist &#8211; traveling to the furthest and most dangerous regions of the world to give a voice to the voiceless by reporting on harrowing stories of social injustice? If so, here&#8217;s your chance. 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