- For the 1940 Alfred Hitchcock film, see Foreign Correspondent (film)
A correspondent or on-the-scene reporter is a journalist or commentator who contributes reports to a newspaper, or radio or television news, from a remote, often distant, location. Foreign Correspondent is a thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock which tells the story of an American reporter who tries to expose enemy spies in A journalist (also called a newspaperman) is a person who practices Journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events trends A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint. All-news radio is a Radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcast of News. News broadcasting (also known as newscast or newsbreak) is the Broadcasting of various news events and other Information via A foreign correspondent is stationed in a foreign country. The term correspondent refers to the original practice of filing news reports via postal letter.
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Reporter vs. correspondent
A correspondent generally includes some of his/her own perspective on the news. For example, a correspondent is expected to provide considerable context to the events being chronicled. A reporter, on the other hand, offers largely fact-based reporting.
In Britain the term 'correspondent' usually refers to someone with a specific specialist area, such as health correspondent. A 'reporter' is usually someone without such expertise who is allocated stories by the newsdesk on any story in the news.
War correspondent
A war correspondent covers stories first-hand from a war zone. A war correspondent is a Journalist who covers stories firsthand from a war zone. It is perhaps the most dangerous form of journalism.
Foreign bureau
A foreign bureau is news bureau set up to support a news gathering operation in a foreign country. A News bureau is an office for gathering or distributing News.
On-the-scene TV news
In TV news, a "live on-the-scene" reporter reports from the field during a "live shot". This became an extremely popular format with the advent of Eyewitness News. Eyewitness News is a name used by local television newscasts widely used in different markets across the United States.
A recent cost-saving measure is for local tv news to dispense with out-of-town reporters and replace them with syndicated correspondents, usually supplied by a centralized news reporting agency. The producers of the show schedule time with the correspondent, who then appears "live" to file a report and chat with the hosts. The reporter will go do a number of similar reports for other stations. Many viewers may be unaware that the reporter does not work directly for the news show. [1] This is also a popular way to report the weather. For example, AccuWeather doesn't just supply data, they also supply on-air meteorologists from television studios at their headquarters. AccuWeather is an American media company that provides for profit Weather forecasting services worldwide A television studio is an installation in which Television or Video productions take place either for Live television, for recording Live to tape [2] [3]
- See also: Video news release, Eyewitness News, and Double-ender
See also
- Stringer (journalism)
- Reporters Without Borders
- Parachute journalism
- Press pool
- Letter from America
- From Our Own Correspondent
- People's correspondent
- John Pory
Dictionary
correspondent
-adjective
-noun
- someone who or something which corresponds
- a journalist who sends reports to his newspaper or radio or television station from a distant or overseas location.
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