THE OLD MAN AND THE STORM
January 6, 2008
WRITTEN BY
June Cross
PRODUCED BY
June Cross
Julia Elliott
REPORTED BY
June Cross
EDITOR
Robert Salsbury
FIELD PRODUCERS
Lisa Payton
Bess Carrick
ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS
Gwendolyn Dixon
Wendy Llinas
Pamela Aguilar
REPORTER/RESEARCHERS
Andrea De Marco
Jennifer Pritheeva Samuels
Mike Schreiber
E.J. Vega
FIELD RESEARCHER
Greg Gilderman
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
John Baynard
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Darryl Harrison
Robert Perrin
Mark Stoddard
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Brian Peterson
Ben Clore
John Blackman
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Nida Khan
Christopher Sylvain
Christina Foster Peck
ORIGINAL MUSIC BY
Sohrab Habibion
Michael Hampton
Waldron Ricks
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Jim Ferguson
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INTERNS
Tracy Christmas
Melissa Cole
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Ellen Kim
Jancy Langley
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Joshua Saul
Cindy Yoon
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Mary Mathieux
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Stef Gordon
SPECIAL THANKS
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation through the Kaiser Media Fellowship in Health Program
Women's Media Center
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