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Nicholas Kristof, a New York Times reporter originally from Yamhill, Oregon, has traveled the world reporting on topics such as global health, poverty, and gender. He has twice won the Pulitzer Prize: one in 1990 for International Reporting on the democracy movement in Tiananmen Square, China, and the other in 2006 for his coverage of the genocide of Darfur. His reporting takes him all over the world. He has traveled to one-hundred-and-twenty countries on six continents, including every Chinese province and every main Japanese island.

Kristof provides a key element to the film’s interpretation of modern day slavery through his personal and professional experience. He has spent extensive time in Southeast Asia, investigating and reporting on modern sex slavery. In 2004 he took the provocative step of offering to buy the freedom of two young women in a Cambodian brothrel, Srey Neth and Srey Mom. He used his column in the New York Times to share his experience with readers and to help illuminate the plight of millions worldwide. His incisive stories continue to give a voice to the voiceless victims of human trafficking.

Kristof’s blog at nytimes.com: On The Ground