Through their eyes : foreign correspondents in the United States / Stephen Hess.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hess, Stephen.

Series:

Newswork ; 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foreign correspondents--Interviews.

Foreign correspondents.

Foreign news.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Drawing on personal interviews and original survey research, reveals the mindset of foreign correspondents posted in the United States from a wide range of countries, and examines how foreign reporting has changed over the past 20 years"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Guide : the nature of this study and where it fits in the newswork series

Context : what may or may not appear in the world's media

Then : what we know about foreign correspondents in America, 1955-88

Who they are

Patterns : some findings, 1999-2003

Irregulars : the other foreign correspondents

Hollywood : a subject the world loves

In America : it's not like being in any other country

How they work

Time : adjusting to deadliness around the world

Contact : whereby the home office gains on foreign correspondents

Access : who sees whom, when, and why

Help : foreign correspondents as clients of the U.S. government

Borrowed news and the Internet : where correspondents turn for information

What they report

One day : the stories and the categories that they fit in

Now : what we know about foreign correspondents in America, the present.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610812752

9781280812750

1280812753

9780815735823

0815735820

OCLC:

475992967