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“I don't have a problem with the media focusing on bad things happening. That's our job, after all. But I think it's incomplete, and I would even say it's inaccurate, to only portray a place through its tragedies.”

Quote by Annia Ciezadlo

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Annia Ciezadlo is a respected journalist recognized for her work in international journalism. The specifics of her birth and death dates are unknown. more

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