Journalism's Roving Eye: A History of American Foreign Reporting

by John Maxwell Hamilton

Book Overview

In all of journalism, nowhere are the stakes higher than in foreign news-gathering. For media owners, it is the most difficult type of reporting to finance; for editors, the hardest to oversee. Correspondents, roaming large swaths of the planet, must acquire expertise that home-based reporters take for granted -- facility with the local language, for instance, or an understanding of local cultures. Adding further to the challenges, they must put news...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807134740
• ISBN13: 9780807134740
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 680 Pages
• Weight: 3.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 7.4" x 10.2"