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Michael Skoler

Former general manager, PRI.org
After an early career mistake of leaving Paris and the French wine trade, I recovered by becoming a reporter.I've written for magazines like Glamour (where I was the only male on staff for a brief time), reported on science and tech for WGBH-TV, covered Somalia, Rwanda and South Africa as NPR's Africa correspondent, created online games like BudgetHero, and started the Public Insight Network of citizen sources that many newsrooms use today.Along the way, I earned an MBA and have lived in France, Kenya and Mexico.
Women from St. Louis area protest Donald Trump comments on women
Election 2016
Millennials get their political say during week-long UnConvention in NYC
Portraits of women around the globe
Justice
When a country has problems, women are often the answer
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Media
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Kissing protest in Kerala, India
Global Scan
Indians stage a protest for the right to kiss
Greek Tomb at Amphipolis
Global Scan
Greeks wonder who was buried in this huge tomb 2300 years ago
Blood Bucket Challenge video
Global Scan
European youth have started the #BloodBucketChallenge
Airline meal
Global Scan
Now you can have airline food without leaving the ground
MIT robo-cheetah
Global Scan
MIT researchers create a robo-cheetah that runs and jumps off-leash
Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko compared to mountains
Global Scan
Just how big is that comet the European Space Agency is going to land on?
Malala Yousafzai at the UN
Global Scan
Pakistan says it has captured the men who shot Malala in 2012
Google Streetview of Egyptian pyramids
Global Scan
If Egypt feels too dicey to visit, now you can walk around there with Google
Dreadnoughtus schrani dinosaur illustration
Global Scan
Scientists have unearthed a massive new dinosaur — bigger than a jetliner
ISIS hand gesture
Global Scan
ISIS has a new hand sign — and it means far more than ‘We’re #1’
British photo showing White House cake to celebrate War of 1812
Global Scan
For the British, burning the White House 200 years ago is cause for a cake and sparklers
Police officers take pictures of giant puppets as they move through the streets of Liverpool, northern England July 25, 2014.
Global Scan
This is how many times British cops fired guns all of last year: 3
Nicaraguan authorities are encouraging residents to raise and eat lizards.
Global Scan
Nicaraguans are told to eat lizards — because of a drought
A girl from the minority Yazidi sect, fleeing the violence in the Iraqi town of Sinjar, rests at the Iraqi-Syrian border crossing in Fishkhabour, Dohuk province August 13, 2014.
Global Scan
The US says the crisis for Yazidis in Iraq is over — but the UN disagrees
Ever wanted to ride in a private jet? Now could be your chance.
Global Scan
Groupon, step aside. Now, you can fly like a billionaire — on the cheap
Mobutu Sese Seko
Global Scan
Researchers have identified the key to a successful dictatorship
Arjen Robben of the Netherlands falls on the pitch during the 2014 World Cup round of 16 game between Mexico and the Netherlands at the Castelao arena in Fortaleza June 29, 2014. No foul was called.
Global Scan
Brazil wins the title for most faked injuries in the World Cup
Muslim cabbies pray at a BP station in downtown Manhattan while patrons pump gas.
Arts, Culture & Media
Our Global Nation coverage about an increasingly diverse US receives a 2014 RTDNA-Unity award
Muslim cabbies pray at a BP station in downtown Manhattan while patrons pump gas.
Arts, Culture & Media
Our Global Nation coverage about an increasingly diverse US receives a 2014 RTDNA-Unity award
US Ambassador gets sworn in on a Kindle
Global Scan
I swear to uphold the US Constitution … upon my Kindle
SoundWorks
Arts, Culture & Media
SoundWorks is coming to a headset near you
International Space Station
Global Scan
The conflict over Ukraine now reaches into space
International Space Station
Global Scan
The conflict over Ukraine now reaches into space
Feb 18 violence in Kiev
Global Scan
The Ukrainian government moves to violently shut down the Kiev protest
Kerry selfie with Indonesian students
Global Scan
US Secretary of State Kerry stops for a selfie on his climate change tour
Digital sunrise
Global Scan
Is this China’s environmental future?
Chamonix Skywalk
Global Scan
Stepping out in the new year?
Beck snow art
Global Scan
This artist is taking snow angels to an extreme
NSA and Santa cartoon
Global Scan
So just where will the NSA stop?
Thanksgiving Obamacare
Global Scan
Obama’s having trouble fitting his turkey into the oven this year
Conflict & Justice
A Lebanese nun argues the US and others are wrong about Syria and should negotiate peace
NASA simulation of Mars evolution
Environment
NASA video says this is how Mars might once have looked
Merkel upset at NSA snooping
Global Scan
Now who’s throwing a fit about NSA eavesdropping? Add Germany to the list
welcome 2
Environment
Introducing the new PRI.org