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World May 16

What happened when two scouts met up with the journalist walking around the world

By Mark Schulte, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting

World Dec 05

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Trekking across the ‘unknown’ Afghanistan, untouched by war

Paul Salopek is one of the few people to have crossed a roadless, mountainous part of Afghanistan by foot. The journalist had previously reported there during the war. But as part of his Out of Eden walk around the world,…

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World Dec 05

National Geographic Fellow Paul Salopek feeds his donkey Mouse after another day footslogging through Uzbekistan’s Qizilqum desert. The sands were littered with potsherds from centuries of prior caravans. Follow his global storytelling walk online at OutofEdenWalk.org and on Twitter (@PaulSalopek). Photo by John Stanmeyer/National Geographic
Journalist Paul Salopek explores the wonders of the Silk Road

The latest leg of journalist Paul Salopek's 21,000-mile, multi-year journey took him across the stunning and bitterly cold mountains of Central Asia, through Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Afghanistan.

By Larisa Epatko

World Jun 27

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Walking the Silk Road, where globalization got started

The Silk Road, the ancient trading route that spanned from Asia toward the West, is where we find journalist Paul Salopek these days. Salopek began his "Out of Eden" walk four years ago in Ethiopia. Now Hari Sreenivasan catches up…

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World Apr 29

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The man who’s walking around the world follows footsteps of old Silk Road traders

Three years ago, Pulitzer-winning journalist Paul Salopek embarked on a decade-long walk around the world, charting the path of the original human emigrants who left their birthplace in eastern Africa to spread across the globe. As he prepares to follow…

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Nov 11

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What an ancient boneyard reveals about our earliest global wanderers

By PBS News Hour

On a years-long hike across the globe, journalist Paul Salopek is following the path humans took after the Ice Age. One of the most important human migration sites in the world is in Dmanisi, Georgia, where people have walked for…

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Nov 11

Lessons I learned from a man who’s walking around the world

By Hari Sreenivasan

There’s a man walking around the planet. He’s not doing it to set a record, he’s not on some religious quest, he’s just doing it to tell our stories. I has lucky enough to walk a few miles with him.

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Nov 10

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Journalist goes on a walk around the world to find the story of humanity

By PBS News Hour

Paul Salopek has been out for a walk -- a very long walk -- since 2013. His route stretches from Ethiopia’s Great Rift Valley to the very southern tip of South America, tracing the path of humanity from its African…

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Nov 10

Twitter Chat: Talk to the man who’s walking around the world

By Jaclyn Diaz

Talk to the man who is walking across the world. Join PBS NewsHour and National Geographic as they co-host a Twitter chat with Paul Salopek, 1 p.m. EST Friday where he'll answer your questions about the Out of Eden Walk.

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Dec 12

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From Eden to the End of the World: Reporter’s Seven-Year Journey Traces Humanity

Starting in January 2013, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Paul Salopek will set out from Africa's Great Rift Valley on a seven-year, 21,000-mile journey, tracing the believed path of ancient human migration. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Salopek about his assignment, one he…

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