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• The People’s Doctor by Greg Kahn (Naples Daily News)

  Greg Kahn, with the Naples Daily News, won 1st place in the National Press Photographer Association’s monthly clip contest feature story category for the month of February (Region 6). His story of Dr. Melanio Villarosa, a pediatrician who lives in Naples, but built his practice in Immokalee because he said he was “called by God,” [...]

• Touring the Petra Desert by Chris Jackson (Denver Post via Getty Images)

  Chris Jackson of Getty Images has a series of images from the region of Petra, Jordan being featured on the Denver Post Photoblog. Click here to view the images.

• A Family’s Exodus From Slavery (Washington Post)

  Michelle Obama’s great-great-grandfather, Jim Robinson, worked as a slave on the Friendfield Plantation in Georgetown, S.C. Many of the slave quarters on the plantation still stand untouched and alone on the property. View the Washington Post Story: A Family’s Exodus from Slavery  

• Christmas Around the World (Via the Sacramento Bee)

  The Sacramento Bee’s photographer’s blog has some really pretty images of the Christmas holiday being celebrated around the world. View the images on the Sacrament Bee website.

• Young Preacher by Joe Cavaretta (Sun-Sentinel)

  Sun-Sentiel photojournalist Joe Cavaretta has a multimedia piece from 2006 about an 8-year-old Ft. Lauderdale boy preacher. You can see the presentation on the Sun-Sentinel web site at www.sun-sentinel.com.

• ‘I Only Wanted The Pain To End’ (Chicago Tribune)

  The Chicago Tribune has an excellent multimedia piece about a woman fleeing an abusive relationship and coming to the United States from Mexico. Mariana de la Torre  illegally crossed the border in a car trunk seeking a better life. It was not going to be that easy. She was diagnosed with cervical cancer, eight months after arriving in [...]

• Evicted in Colorado by John Moore/Getty Images (Washington Post)

  There is a heart-wrenching essay about a family being evicted from their home in Colorado in The Washington Post. Getty photographer John Moore had amazing access and captured some very sad moments. Great work covering a true American economic tragedy. See the essay at www.washingtonpost.com. Note: Of course there is the obligatory advertisement first.

• Marlon and Pearlie Barton by Renée C. Byer (Sacramento Bee)

  “As a sweet-faced baby Marlon Barton, right, pictured with his mother, Pearile Barton, sister, Mary Barton and father, Larry Barton, made everyone smile. Marlon was almost 18 months old before he was identified with autism. Now that he is full grown, no one knows quite what to do with him. Barton is 6 foot 2 inches tall and weighs [...]

• UPROOTED: Flick’s Mobile Home Park (San Jose Mercury News)

  The San Jose Mercury News multimedia story about Sunnyvale Mobile Home dwellers fighting for their homes then relocate after developers take over their property.   View Uprooted at the San Jose Mercury News website.

• Going Down the Crooked Road (Roanoke Times)

  The Crooked Road is Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail, a winding 250-mile corridor though Southwest Virginia. Roanoke Times photojournalist Kyle Green and Reporter Ralph Berrier Jr. take you on the journey. View the Crooked Road Presentation by the Roanoke Times.