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Book Synopsis
International news has long been studied and understood as produced by outsiders foreign correspondents working in exotic, international locales. This book challenges this established view by putting the spotlight on the insiders working in their own countries producing news for international audiences.
Western male foreign correspondents who report from areas affected by crises and conflicts for an audience back home' have long stood in as visible metaphors of international news production. But the understanding of who produces international news is starting to shift as scholars come to take into account the often-invisible role played by locally based, non-Western news-workers who have always been part and parcel of international news production. The roles and responsibilities of these professional, specialised locals within the global flow of news have only increased as falling news industry revenues have meant reductions in non-local staff in foreign news bureaus. Availab
Table of Contents
Introduction: Reporting Global While Being Local: Local Sources of News for Distant Audiences 1. Fixers as Entrepreneurs 2. "Fixing" the Journalist-Fixer Relationship: A Critical Look Towards Developing Best Practices in Global Reporting 3. Beyond Puppet Journalism: The Bridging Work of Transnational Journalists in a Local Field 4. The Development of Roles in Kosovo: From Fixers to Journalists 5. One Foot in Prison and One Foot Out: State-Appointed Local Journalistic Labor in North Korea 6. Hierarchies of Editorial Power in International NGOs 7. "Translating" Russia: News Fixers and Foreign Correspondents in an Era of Political Uncertainty 8. Reporting Global While Being Local—Commentary for Special Issue of Journalism Studies 9. Empowerment Journalism - Commentary for Special Issue of Journalism Studies
