Monica Lam Reports

At The Crossroads
At the Crossroads is a San Francisco organization that works with homeless youth and young adults. Counselors go on outreach four nights a week in the Mission and Downtown neighborhoods and hand out supplies to the youth they meet. Through that, they form relationships with youth and work with them to build healthy and fulfilling lives.
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FRONTLINE/WORLD – Faroe Islands
For more than 1,000 years, the people of the Faroe Islands have hunted pilot whales, and whale meat continues to be an important part of their diet. Yet, the islanders now face a new threat to their way of life: A landmark 20-year study of Faroese children has found that high levels of methyl mercury and other contaminants in the whale meat are harmful to a child’s neurological development. (June 2007)
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FRONTLINE/WORLD – Paraguay
In “Sounds of Hope,” FRONTLINE/World reporter Monica Lam journeys to Paraguay to meet Luis Szaran, a famous musician and social entrepreneur who has dedicated himself to helping redeem the lives of poor and neglected children through music. (April 2007)
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FRONTLINE/WORLD – China
Rimmed by snow-covered mountains, Xinjiang is a mostly desert province in western China that is home to 8 million Sufi Muslims known as the Uighurs. We traveled to Xinjiang to see how China treats its Muslim population. (January 2005)
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The Rules of the Game
Controversy erupts when an Indian tribe decides to exercise its right to build a casino in Rohnert Park, California. Tribal Chairman Greg Sarris says the casino will lift tribal members out of poverty after centuries of oppression. But local resident Tom Scott fears the casino will bring neon lights and gambling addiction. Meanwhile, the town mayor hopes the casino will bring jobs and development, while a Las Vegas-based casino corporation sees an opportunity to expand its market. (2004-2005)
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Additional Credits

San Francisco Opera 2008 Cinemacast Consulting Producer

Bolinao 52 Line Producer

Rape of Europa Associate Producer

China Blue Camera

MSNBC: Sex Slaves in America Editor

FRONTLINE: Hot Politics Field Producer

FRONTLINE/World – Nuclear Underground Editor

Rundschau: Embryo Adoption (SF DRS) Co-Producer/Camera

The Death of Kevin Carter Camera & Sound

Keeping Score Score Reader/Associate Producer

Cal Performances at 100 Camera & Editor

Race is the Place Associate Producer

Store Wars: When Wal-Mart Comes to Town Associate Producer/Add’l Camera

Citizen Hong Kong Production Coordinator/Additional Camera

In Search of Law and Order Production Coordinator/Additional Camera

Articles

Crib Notes, Florida Sun-Sentinel (paid archives)
“Inspiration was around every turn as a California couple traveled cross country seeking a name for their baby”
(December 2005)

Ninety Degree Angle, Hyphen Magazine
“Has Robert Sarmast found the island of Atlantis, or has he lost perspective?”
(Winter 2005)

Profile of Eugenie Scott, San Francisco Chronicle
“Berkeley scientist leads fight to stop teaching of creationism”
(February 2003)

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