Inspiring stories for aspiring foreign correspondents - advice on earning a living as a journalist abroad
I just assumed, stupidly, that they would definitely want the story of people streaming across the border with bullet wounds, being tracked down by their own army.Rob McKee
I just assumed, stupidly, that they would definitely want the story of people streaming across the border with bullet wounds, being tracked down by their own army.
There's no press release with a phone number at the bottom. People here don't what to talk. It requires months of networking and sitting in the crappiest bars and drinking warm beer with people you would never associate with in your home country.Rob McKee
There's no press release with a phone number at the bottom. People here don't what to talk. It requires months of networking and sitting in the crappiest bars and drinking warm beer with people you would never associate with in your home country.
With fewer and fewer media outlets willing to pay for foreign bureaus or even for correspondents' long-term placements in specific locations, reporting abroad is, increasingly, a very unstable and quite lonely occupation.Travis Lupick
With fewer and fewer media outlets willing to pay for foreign bureaus or even for correspondents' long-term placements in specific locations, reporting abroad is, increasingly, a very unstable and quite lonely occupation.
It's hard work but it's an adventure. You're constantly challenged and that keeps you creative.Anita Duffin
It's hard work but it's an adventure. You're constantly challenged and that keeps you creative.
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