Moni Basu

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<div>Moni Basu: Moni Basu is a reporter for CNN.com, where she writes breaking news as well as enterprise stories. Before that, she was a reporter and editor at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution for 19 years. She traveled to Iraq seven times over the course of the war to document its toll on Iraqis as well as America’s soldiers. She has won numerous journalism awards, including the 2009 Joseph Galloway Award for Distinguished Reporting from Military Reporters and Editors and the 2009 Reporter of the Year award from the Religion Newswriters Association. Born in India, she now lives in Atlanta with her husband, Kevin Duffy, and visits her homeland frequently. <br></div>