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Wealth comes in many forms; in the joy of loving relationships, in pleasant figures on bank accounts, the privilege of living in a beautiful and safe community, for me it has been the blessings writing and television production have afforded me.  I have interviewed and worked with some of the world’s most remarkable people including Nobel laureates Nelson Mandela, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and Nadine Gordimer.
I knew Senator Edward Kennedy, International War Crimes Tribunal prosecutor Richard Goldstone, Zimbabwe opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai and others with names you may not recognize but whose value to the world is inestimable.

I have worked with great journalists and filmmakers. Tony Burman who headed CBC-TV news and Al Jazeera English before taking up a journalism chair at Ryerson University in Canada. Michael Parks of the Los Angeles Times impressed me with his precision. Ted Koppel of ABC’s Nightline was meticulous, courteous and remarkably knowledgeable. 
There are others who, in the field were remarkable, photographer Rob Hadley who, once when we were under fire, dropped his cameras and ran into no-man’s land to save someone who had been shot. Miraculously both sides held fire until he returned with the severely injured man, who lived.

Working with such people has impressed upon me the importance of integrity and the need for careful, accurate writing. I have won awards for my writing, television documentary production and volunteer work. And I enjoy addressing workshops or conferences, working as a writing coach and communications consultant.

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