With this Ring | American RadioWorks

November 2001
With This Ring: Following the International Diamond Trail


	In 1948, the De Beers company began to use the slogan, "A Diamond Is Forever", and touched off the romance of the century. In this documentary, follow the international diamond trail from the buckets of child miners in war-torn Western Africa to America's jewelry counters.

SIDEBARS
Hollywood's Diamonds

The Faces of the Antwerp Diamond District

SLIDESHOWS
Manhattan's Diamond District

Diamond Mining in Sierra Leone

BOOK EXCERPT
Diamond: A Journey to the Heart of an Obsession

PHOTO GALLERY
Diamonds in Advertising

TIMELINE
Diamonds Through the Ages

RESOURCES
Diamonds Facts and Links

Full Audio and Transcript

		PART I De Beers and the Diamond Mystique The De Beers company has convinced millions that an otherwise useless gemstone can represent that which we so value: love and fidelity.

		PART II Conflict Diamonds in West Africa Since 1992, armed conflict in Sierra Leone has been fueled by the cold hard profits of illegal diamond sales. American RadioWorks investigates how effective the international diamond industry and U.N. peacekeepers have been in stanching the flow of 'blood diamonds.'

		PART III Diamond Trading in Belgium In the Northern Belgium port city of Antwerp, throngs of diamond dealers from around the world buy and sell rough diamonds.

		PART IV The Democratic Diamond Half the world's diamond jewelery is purchased in the United States. Most of it comes through the diamond district in Manhattan; but some of it is now coming through discount warehouse stores and the Internet.

CREDITS
Correspondents: Jacki Lyden, Deborah George, Stephen Smith
Producers: Davar Ardalan, Sasha Aslanian and Michael Montgomery
Additional Reporting by: Jovo Martinovic
Editors: Deborah George, Stephen Smith, Christopher Joyce
Host: Daniel Zwerdling
Coordinating Producer: Sasha Aslanian
Technical Direction: Craig Thorson with additional technical support from Michael Johnson

Project Coordinator: Misha Quill
Associate Producer: Susan Stone
Interns: Curtis Gilbert, Nichole Alwell, Mark Holterhaus, Lara Ratzlaff
Managing Editor: Stephen Smith
Executive Producer: Bill Buzenberg
Web Manager: John Pearson
Web Art Director: Darby Laing
Online Producer: Emily Thompson

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