What is the future of the foreign correspondent - is there one? Tracing the historical development of international reporting, Kevin Williams examines the organizational structures, occupational culture and information environment in which it is practiced to explore the argument…
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"What is the future of the foreign correspondent -- is there one? Tracing the historical development of international reporting, Kevin Williams examines the organizational structures, occupational culture, and information environment in which it is practiced to explore the argum…
A concise, engaging analysis of international journalism and foreign correspondence, from the acclaimed author of the bestselling 'Get Me A Murder A Day!'
"What is the future of the foreign correspondent -- is there one? Tracing the historical development of international reporting, Kevin Williams examines the organizational structures, occupational culture, and information environment in which it is practiced to explore the argum…
Introduction: coverage of Africa, foreign correspondents, and humanitarian organisations -- State of research -- Theoretical concepts -- Media and aid - sectors and actors: basic assumptions -- Foreign correspondents as political actors -- Based in Sub-Saharan Africa -- The rela…
This book provides a local journalist's perspective on a four-decade long regional contribution to global news production. It shows how the fixers' risky news pursuits made possible for global media to access distant regions and dangerous caves on Pakistan and Afghanistan border…
The book argues that the definition of a "fixer" emerges when local journalists are de-professionalized and their field expertise and connections are stripped away to produce a faceless, nameless, set of "eyes and ears" in service of the 24/7 media machine. The fact that we have…
It's 1983. Scott Savitt, one of the first American exchange students in Beijing, picks up his guitar and begins strumming Blackbird. He's soon surrounded by Chinese students who know every word to every Beatles song he plays. Scott stays on in Beijing, working as a reporter for …
The author shares his two decade career as a foreign correspondent and independent journalist in China, including his experiences during the seven-week occupation of Tiananmen Square.
The year 1956 was an extraordinary year in modern Russian history. It was called "the year of the thaw"--A time when Stalin's dark legacy of dictatorship died in February only to be reborn later that December. This historic arc from rising hope to crushing despair opened with a …
A biography of the war correspondent Marie Colvin.
A biography of the war correspondent Marie Colvin.
Part I. America -- Dead man's branch -- Father and daughter -- Lovers and mentors -- Part II. Middle East -- The path of death -- In a man's world -- War, peace, and love -- Part III. The world beyond -- We're gonna make you a star -- Leap before you look -- The face in the mirr…
A biography of the war correspondent Marie Colvin.