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Bruce Buursma

Journalist

Bruce Buursma is a freelance writer and video producer who manages Bruce Buursma Communications LLC in Grand Haven, Michigan. Earlier in his career he traveled to more than 50 countries as a correspondent for the Chicago Tribune, where he was named a Pulitzer Prize finalist for specialized reporting as a religion writer.

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