Kevin Sites is used to attracting a large audience - especially when he was on the evening news. But that's changing for him now. For a few months now, Sites has reported from dozens of war zones around the world and posts his stories online at Yahoo's news Web site.
Read his stories here.
His audience size may have shrunk, but Sites' stories tell the stories about human lives caught in these conflicts. Sites has traveled to Somalia, Congo, Columbia, Iraq, Uganda and Afghanistan as part of this gig.
Sites operates as a solo journalist - creating the copy, video and photos himself. His backpack is filled with two digital camcorders, digital camera, an Apple laptop, a couple of phones and a satellite modem. Plus he has a team of producers in Yahoo's California offices helping him.
As part of the evening news, he had to compete with other reporters to get his stories aired. But, that's a thing of the past. He's not restricted on time or format. His stories receive the prominence they deserve.
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