foreign coverage

Iran Cracks Down on Western Media as Protest Spreads

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:26:30 -0400

Full article: Associated Press
Iranian authorities criticized international media reports and took steps to control the flow of information from independent news sources as anti-government protests raged in the country for a second day.

Without Foreign Coverage, We Miss More than News

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 19 May 2009 09:48:43 -0400

Full article: Christian Science Monitor
Andrew Stroehlein
When the last foreign correspondent turns out the lights in the last overseas news bureau, we'll get superficial coverage of issues that are hugely important, we'll miss real threats to our security, and we'll fail to know about -- and thus potentially help stop –- mass murders in progress.

Newspapers Move to Outsource Foreign Coverage

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:24:06 -0500

Full article: Wall Street Journal
Russell Adams and Shira Ovide
Two major newspaper publishers are taking steps to outsource international coverage, as falling revenue is causing more U.S. papers to shrink their foreign and national footprint.

Lack of Foreign Resources Plagued U.S. Mumbai Coverage

Holiday Shapiro — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:54:03 -0500

Full article: Broadcasting & Cable
Marisa Guthrie
As terrorists descended last week on Mumbai, the staffs at American TV news organizations scrambled to mobilize resources and personnel, underscoring the effects of deep cuts in foreign news operations. The dearth of reliable information on U.S. television about the three-day conflict was obvious.

Christian Science Monitor, McClatchy Papers to Share Foreign Reporting

Holiday Shapiro — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:09:05 -0500

Full article: Editor & Publisher
The <em>Christian Science Monitor</em> and The McClatchy Co. announced an arrangement to share news stories generated by their foreign correspondents. The arrangement comes at a time when expensive foreign bureaus are increasingly under scrutiny as newsrooms cut journalists back home.

Media Minutes: August 22, 2008

Candace Clement — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:26:02 -0400

To raise healthy, creative, thinking children, we need to allow them to grow in a non-commercialized culture. And as the number of foreign news bureaus decreases, Americans are receiving an increasingly distorted view of the world.

Media Minutes (2008-08-22)

Candace Clement — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:19:12 -0400

Why We Know Less than Ever About the World

Stevie Converse — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:03:15 -0400

Full article: TED.com
Alisa Miller
Using eye-opening stats and graphs, Alisa Miller, head of Public Radio International, shows how U.S. new media is showing less of the world than ever before. (Video 4:29)

How is news coverage shaping the way Americans see the world?

mthompson — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:25:18 -0400

Using eye-opening stats and graphs, Alisa Miller, head of Public Radio International, shows how US new media is showing less of the world than ever before.