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Welcome to Room to Read's newsroom where you will find press highlights, latest news, reports and multimedia presentations about our work.  For all media inquiries, please contact us at media@roomtoread.org.

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Recent Headlines & Press Releases

Educating the World, TheEdge
-May 13, 2013
Room to Read: Self Help is the Model John Wood Uses, August Man
-May 13, 2013
Room to Read, PBS, "Religion & Ethics Newsweekly"
-May 3, 2013
Room to Read Founder, John Wood, PBS, "Tavis Smiley"
-April 29, 2013
Using Books to Build a Ladder Out of Poverty, International Herald Tribune/The New York Times
-April 29, 2013
Seeking to Achieve Global Literacy, Bloomberg TV, "Taking Stock with Pimm Fox"
-April 24, 2013
Lean On (Each Other), Huffington Post
-April 24, 2013
Interview with John Wood: Providing education for all, an “attainable solution”, MIPBlog
-April 8, 2013
Former Microsoft Executive Finds Joy Boosting Literacy Instead of Profits, The Vancouver Sun
-April 5, 2013
Room to Read: Spreading Literacy Around the Globe, CBS.com, "The Startup"
-April 3, 2013
Creating Room to Read: John Wood, ABC Radio National, "Life Matters"
-April 3, 2013

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