Comments on: 300 foreign correspondents overseas. And 3,000 in Washington DC? http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/02/05/300-foreign-correspondents-overseas-and-3000-in-washington-dc/ EthanZ's musings on Africa, media and international development Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:45:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Team Building Scavenger Hunts http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/02/05/300-foreign-correspondents-overseas-and-3000-in-washington-dc/comment-page-1/#comment-1150462 Team Building Scavenger Hunts Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:49:18 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1224#comment-1150462 The VOA is a tremendous organization. But like someone said already, it can't be broadcast in America so most people will never know. It's a lot of work to stream or download one of their broadcasts. The VOA is a tremendous organization. But like someone said already, it can’t be broadcast in America so most people will never know. It’s a lot of work to stream or download one of their broadcasts.

]]> By: El Oso, El Moreno, and El Abogado » Blog Archive » Foreign Correspondents Replaced By Digital DJ’s http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/02/05/300-foreign-correspondents-overseas-and-3000-in-washington-dc/comment-page-1/#comment-155477 El Oso, El Moreno, and El Abogado » Blog Archive » Foreign Correspondents Replaced By Digital DJ’s Sun, 18 Feb 2007 21:36:27 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1224#comment-155477 [...] Five months down the road and everywhere I look: The End of the Foreign Correspondent, the end of foreign correspondence, “the foreign correspondent crisis“, Globe to close last three foreign bureaus, The foreign correspondent is the new dodo, Are foreign correspondents going extinct? (Honestly, I could spend the next two hours finding more links, but I’ll rest my case.) [...] [...] Five months down the road and everywhere I look: The End of the Foreign Correspondent, the end of foreign correspondence, “the foreign correspondent crisis“, Globe to close last three foreign bureaus, The foreign correspondent is the new dodo, Are foreign correspondents going extinct? (Honestly, I could spend the next two hours finding more links, but I’ll rest my case.) [...]

]]> By: Crooked Timber » » all is not well on the borders … http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/02/05/300-foreign-correspondents-overseas-and-3000-in-washington-dc/comment-page-1/#comment-150211 Crooked Timber » » all is not well on the borders … Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:27:06 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1224#comment-150211 [...] As Brad mentioned a couple of days ago, Ethan Zuckerman has an interesting and worrying factlet on his blog. [...] [...] As Brad mentioned a couple of days ago, Ethan Zuckerman has an interesting and worrying factlet on his blog. [...]

]]> By: fontaine http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/02/05/300-foreign-correspondents-overseas-and-3000-in-washington-dc/comment-page-1/#comment-141433 fontaine Wed, 07 Feb 2007 05:06:35 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1224#comment-141433 VOA is damn good, but most Americans will never know. It's against the law for VOA to broadcast inside the United States, so an American would have to listen via shortwave, listen abroad or download it from the Internet. Considering the average American probably hasn't heard of VOA, that'll make it tough. I see the reasoning behind it. Some are worried about a slip toward state-controlled media (NPR and PBS kind of get away with it with the way they're structured/funded). There's only one commercial TV station in the United States owned by a government entity -- and that's KOMU-TV in Columbia, Mo. It's owned by the University of Missouri and still owns it because it was grandfathered in after the law was passed. The cutting back of foreign correspondents is pretty depressing. I'm in the newspaper biz -- and still pretty young -- but each time I see more overseas jobs cut (not to mention overall jobs cut, which is becoming more and more of a trend), I start to wonder what's keeping me in the industry. That's when I realize reporting is the only thing I'm halfway qualified at... VOA is damn good, but most Americans will never know. It’s against the law for VOA to broadcast inside the United States, so an American would have to listen via shortwave, listen abroad or download it from the Internet. Considering the average American probably hasn’t heard of VOA, that’ll make it tough.

I see the reasoning behind it. Some are worried about a slip toward state-controlled media (NPR and PBS kind of get away with it with the way they’re structured/funded). There’s only one commercial TV station in the United States owned by a government entity — and that’s KOMU-TV in Columbia, Mo. It’s owned by the University of Missouri and still owns it because it was grandfathered in after the law was passed.

The cutting back of foreign correspondents is pretty depressing. I’m in the newspaper biz — and still pretty young — but each time I see more overseas jobs cut (not to mention overall jobs cut, which is becoming more and more of a trend), I start to wonder what’s keeping me in the industry.

That’s when I realize reporting is the only thing I’m halfway qualified at…

]]> By: Davos Newbies » Blog Archive » How to find out about the mess in Bosnia http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/02/05/300-foreign-correspondents-overseas-and-3000-in-washington-dc/comment-page-1/#comment-141092 Davos Newbies » Blog Archive » How to find out about the mess in Bosnia Wed, 07 Feb 2007 00:38:44 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1224#comment-141092 [...] The importance of blogs like afoe can be gauged by this passage from Ethan Zuckerman: “Of the two hundred fifty foreign correspondents [working for US media], one hundred are employed by the Wall Street Journal. I wondered about the geographical distribution of that hundred and the other reporters - would we find a huge concentration of journalists in Iraq and Israel? Would we find any in Africa other than in Cairo and Jo’burg?” [...] [...] The importance of blogs like afoe can be gauged by this passage from Ethan Zuckerman: “Of the two hundred fifty foreign correspondents [working for US media], one hundred are employed by the Wall Street Journal. I wondered about the geographical distribution of that hundred and the other reporters – would we find a huge concentration of journalists in Iraq and Israel? Would we find any in Africa other than in Cairo and Jo’burg?” [...]

]]> By: Black River Eagle http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/02/05/300-foreign-correspondents-overseas-and-3000-in-washington-dc/comment-page-1/#comment-140184 Black River Eagle Tue, 06 Feb 2007 12:24:03 +0000 http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/?p=1224#comment-140184 I use these guys (VOA news services) often to get news about important events taking place around the world. You are right about using the Voice Of America as a source for a story can cater to the fears and prejuidices many people have about U.S. government-sponsored news and information. What is funny about that is that the BBC News and other government-sponsored news networks (ZDF and ARD in Germany for example) is gobbled-up as unbiased, no-strings-attached fact by their respective audiences worldwide. Go figure... You sure that the VOA (State Department) is paying better than the CIA and the Pentagon news services? How much better? Are they hiring? I use these guys (VOA news services) often to get news about important events taking place around the world. You are right about using the Voice Of America as a source for a story can cater to the fears and prejuidices many people have about U.S. government-sponsored news and information.

What is funny about that is that the BBC News and other government-sponsored news networks (ZDF and ARD in Germany for example) is gobbled-up as unbiased, no-strings-attached fact by their respective audiences worldwide. Go figure…

You sure that the VOA (State Department) is paying better than the CIA and the Pentagon news services? How much better? Are they hiring?

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