Foreign Correspondents and International Newsgathering - 9781138548428

Name: Foreign Correspondents and International Newsgathering - 9781138548428
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Foreign Correspondents and International NewsgatheringThe Role of Fixers\nAuthor(s): Colleen Murrell\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138548428, 978-1138548428\nSynopsis\nThis book reveals that 'fixers'local experts on whom foreign correspondents relyplay a much more significant role in international television newsgathering than has been documented or understood. Murrell explores the frames though which international reporting has traditionally been analysed and then shows that fixers, who have largely been dismissed by scholars as 'logistical aides', are in fact central to the day-to-day decision-making that takes place on-the-road. Murrell looks at why and how fixers are selected and what their significance is to foreign correspondence. She asks if fixers help introduce a local perspective into the international news agenda, or if fixers are simply People Like Us (PLU). Also included are in-depth case studies.