Greg Campbell (author)
Encyclopedia
Greg Campbell is an American journalist and nonfiction author who lives in Fort Collins, Colorado
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in 2002, a weekly local and free paper that was distributed in Fort Collins, Colorado
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to write articles and conduct research for his next book about blood diamonds. That book, "Blood Diamonds: Tracing the Deadly Path of the World's Most Precious Stones", was released in 2002. "Blood Diamonds" won the Colorado Non-Fiction Book of the year award in 2002.
The book also served as the basis for the 2006 film Blood Diamond
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Fort Collins, Colorado
Fort Collins is a Home Rule Municipality situated on the Cache La Poudre River along the Colorado Front Range, and is the county seat and most populous city of Larimer County, Colorado, United States. Fort Collins is located north of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. With a 2010 census...
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Early work
Greg co-founded the Fort Collins WeeklyFort Collins Weekly
Fort Collins Weekly was a weekly community newspaper serving the city of Fort Collins, Colorado. It had a circulation of 33,700, making it the largest weekly newspaper in northern Colorado. It was purchased by Swift Communications in July 2007, and renamed Fort Collins Now...
in 2002, a weekly local and free paper that was distributed in Fort Collins, Colorado
Fort Collins, Colorado
Fort Collins is a Home Rule Municipality situated on the Cache La Poudre River along the Colorado Front Range, and is the county seat and most populous city of Larimer County, Colorado, United States. Fort Collins is located north of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. With a 2010 census...
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Work in Kosovo
Greg authored "The Road to Kosovo: A Balkan Diary" in 1998/1999, about the Balkan War. "The Road to Kosovo" was a finalist for the Colorado Nonfiction Book of the Year for 1999.Blood Diamonds
In 2001, Campbell traveled to Sierra Leone on assignment for the San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco Chronicle
thumb|right|upright|The Chronicle Building following the [[1906 San Francisco earthquake|1906 earthquake]] and fireThe San Francisco Chronicle is a newspaper serving primarily the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California, but distributed throughout Northern and Central California,...
to write articles and conduct research for his next book about blood diamonds. That book, "Blood Diamonds: Tracing the Deadly Path of the World's Most Precious Stones", was released in 2002. "Blood Diamonds" won the Colorado Non-Fiction Book of the year award in 2002.
The book also served as the basis for the 2006 film Blood Diamond
Blood Diamond (film)
Blood Diamond is a 2006 political thriller film co-produced and directed by Edward Zwick and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly and Djimon Hounsou...
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