Correspondent
A correspondent or on-the-scene reporter is usually a journalist or commentator for a magazine, or an agent who contributes reports to a newspaper, or radio or television news, or another type of company, from a remote, often distant, location. A foreign correspondent is 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 to ARD (Germany) and BBC (UK).
 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 |
Vs. reporter
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
Capitol correspondent
A capitol correspondent is a correspondent who reports from headquarters of government.
Legal/justice correspondent
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
A red carpet correspondent is an entertainment reporter who reports from the red carpet of an entertainment or media event, such as a premiere, award ceremony or festival.
Foreign correspondent
A foreign correspondent is any individual who reports from primarily foreign locations.
War correspondent
A war correspondent is a foreign correspondent who covers stories first-hand from a war zone.
Foreign bureau
A foreign bureau is a news bureau set up to support a news gathering operation in a foreign country.
On-the-scene TV news
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 of Eyewitness 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.[3] This is also a popular way to report the weather. For example, AccuWeather doesn't just supply data, they also supply on-air meteorologists from television studios at their headquarters.[4][5]
See also
- 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
- "Open Spaces Society Homepage". August 6, 2018.
- "Correspondent - Open Spaces Society". www.oss.org.uk. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
- Tait, Vanessa (February 2000). "Feature Story News: Is it Pacifica or is it Fox?". Archived from the original on April 26, 2006.
- Rasmussen, Carol (April 2000). "The changing employment scene for meteorology: How universities are adapting". Ucar.edu. Archived from the original on 2012-02-04. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
- "Weather Video". AccuWeather.com. 1980-01-01. Retrieved 2012-02-05.
External links
Media related to Correspondents at Wikimedia Commons