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Leif Coorlim

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  • Executive Editor, CNN
United States, West Hollywood
As seen in: CNN, CNN Business, CNN International, MSN, MSN Canada, Yahoo Entertainment, Yahoo Life, Yahoo News Malaysia, Aol, The Mercury News, Yahoo and
Covers:  global warming, global health, homelessness, human trafficking, girls education
Executive Editor @CNNFreedom. Focused on Impact Journalism - telling stories of Justice and Opportunity.

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Leif Coorlim is an award-winning journalist and executive editor of the CNN Freedom Project. Coorlim has overseen the broadcast of hundreds of stories on modern-day slavery from the network’s global headquarters in Atlanta and produces feature programs and documentaries.

The CNN Freedom Project is a network-wide campaign that aims to shine a light on the horrors of modern-day slavery and amplify the voices of both the victims and the many dedicated workers fighting to end this global issue.

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Leif Coorlim’s Journalist Portfolio

"Common Dreams"

"Common Dreams"

The documentary "Common Dreams" recently aired on CNN. Find out more about how you can help the Haitian child…

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"The Fighters"

"The Fighters"

Cecilia Flores-Oebanda has spent her life fighting -- as a child for some education, as a teen rebel against …

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CNN/YouTube Debate on Climate Change

CNN/YouTube Debate on Climate Change

London, England (CNN) -- Thousands of people tuned in to watch the CNN/YouTube climate change debate, which t…

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"World's Untold Stories: Innocence for Sale"

"World's Untold Stories: Innocence for Sale"

Aaron Cohen, from Abolish Slavery Coalition, goes undercover to Cambodia to gather evidence of human traffick…

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"Slavery in West Africa"

"Slavery in West Africa"

In parts of Africa, still haunted by the 19th Century trans-Atlantic slave trade, new forms of slavery are th…

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Join us for Call to Earth Day on November 6, 2025, and Guard Your Green Space

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By Leif Coorlim , Woojin Lee
| CNN
Editor’s Note: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet, together with the solutions. Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative has partnered with CNN to drive awareness and education around key sustainability issues and to inspire positive action. CNN — Across the globe, green spaces are vital lifelines for both people and the planet.
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‘A moral stain’: Former UK prime minister, Global Commission deliver new report calling to eradicate modern slavery by 2030

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By Leif Coorlim 
| KAPP-TV / KVEW-TV (Yakima, WA)
(CNN) — A group of powerful anti-slavery advocates issued a warning Tuesday, declaring that “millions of lives are at risk” unless urgent, coordinated international action is taken to eliminate modern slavery by the year 2030. Chaired by former UK prime minister, Baroness Theresa May, the Global Commission on Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking formally delivered a new report to UN Secretary-General António Guterres in New York.
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Join us for Call to Earth Day on December 4, 2024, and celebrate Connected Generations

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By Leif Coorlim , Woojin Lee
| Yahoo Life
Leif Coorlim and Woojin Lee, CNN June 13, 2024 at 4:34 AM·3 min read Editor’s Note: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet, together with the solutions. Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative has partnered with CNN to drive awareness and education around key sustainability issues and to inspire positive action. Human-caused climate change is creating a host of problems around the world.
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yes. I don't feel that old but I am.

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email

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adobe premiere, inews

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