Correspondent
 | This articleneeds additional citations forverification.(August 2012) |
 A correspondent on the scene | |
| Occupation | |
|---|---|
| Names | Reporter,Journalist |
| Synonyms | Reporter,Journalist,Writer,Communicator,Contributor |
| Pronunciation |
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Occupation type | Profession |
Activity sectors | Mass Media,Entertainment,Newspaper |
| Description | |
| Competencies | Communication,Responsibility |
Fields of employment | Mass Media,Newspaper,Magazine,Broadcasting |
Related jobs | Editor,Reporter,Writer |
Acorrespondentoron-the-scene reporteris usually ajournalistorcommentatorfor a magazine, or an agent who contributes reports to anewspaper,orradioortelevision news,or another type of company, from a remote, often distant, location. Aforeign correspondentis stationed in a foreign country. The term "correspondent" refers to the original practice of filing news reports via postal letter. The largest networks of correspondents belong toARD(Germany) andBBC(UK).
Vs. reporter
[edit]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. A 'correspondent' can sometimes have direct executive powers, for example a 'Local Correspondent' (voluntary) of the Open Spaces Society[1](founded 1865) has some delegated powers to speak for the Society on path and commons matters in their area including representing the Society at Public Inquiries.[2]
Common types of correspondents
[edit]Capitol correspondent
[edit]A capitol correspondent is a correspondent who reports from headquarters of government.
Legal/justice correspondent
[edit]A legal or justice correspondent reports on issues involving legal or criminal justice topics, and may often report from the vicinity of a courthouse.
Red carpet correspondent
[edit]A red carpet correspondent is an entertainment reporter who reports from thered carpetof an entertainment or media event, such as apremiere,award ceremonyorfestival.
Foreign correspondent
[edit]Aforeign correspondentis any individual who reports from primarily foreign locations.
War correspondent
[edit]A war correspondent is a foreign correspondent who covers stories first-hand from a war zone.
Foreign bureau
[edit]A foreign bureau is anews bureauset up to support a news gathering operation in a foreign country.
Cost of living correspondent
[edit]Cost of living correspondentshave been employed by several news agencies in the light ofthe "cost of living" crisis in the United Kingdomfrom 2021 onwards.[3][4]
On-the-scene TV news
[edit]In TV news, a "live on-the-scene" reporter reports from the field during a "live shot". This has become an extremely popular format with the advent ofEyewitness News.
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 and 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.[5]This is also a popular way to report the weather. For example,AccuWeatherdoes not just supply data, they also supply on-air meteorologists fromtelevision studiosat their headquarters.[6][7]
See also
[edit]- From Our Own Correspondent
- Bosco Kaka
- Letter from America
- List of foreign correspondents in the Spanish Civil War
- Parachute journalism
- People's correspondent
- Press pool
- Reporters Without Borders
- Stringer (journalism)
References
[edit]- ^"Open Spaces Society Homepage".August 6, 2018.
- ^"Correspondent – Open Spaces Society".oss.org.uk.Retrieved19 March2018.
- ^Atlantic Speaker Bureau,Colletta Smith is the BBC’s Cost of Living Correspondent,accessed 30 September 2023
- ^ITV News,‘We need to step up and be more grown up’: the young people bearing the burden of rising pricesby cost of living correspondent Carole Green, published 12 October 2022, accessed 30 September 2023
- ^Tait, Vanessa (February 2000)."Feature Story News: Is it Pacifica or is it Fox?".Archived fromthe originalon April 26, 2006.
- ^Rasmussen, Carol (April 2000)."The changing employment scene for meteorology: How universities are adapting".Ucar.edu. Archived fromthe originalon 2012-02-04.Retrieved2012-02-05.
- ^"Weather Video".AccuWeather.com. 1980-01-01.Retrieved2012-02-05.
External links
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