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Stephanie Slewka
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Stephanie Slewka is an award-winning producer whose shows have aired on networks including ESPN and Fox, and international broadcasting networks including the BBC, ARD German Television and TF1 French Television. Slewka has produced television features and news pieces covering topics from national elections to the death penalty. Other subjects have included Americana and travel, and issues pertinent to developing countries. Before her move to television, Slewka worked as a reporter for Hearst Newspapers, The London Sunday Times and People magazine. At 24, she was Washington bureau chief for Life magazine. Having grown up in Europe, she started her career working on-air in Flemish for a pirate radio station in Belgium. A traveler at heart, Slewka once crossed Africa solo from top to bottom over land and has been to more than 50 countries. She lives in Washington, DC. ON THIS ISLAND is her first independent documentary.


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