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The Decline of the Foreign Correspondent



Princeton University recently held a panel discussion on the Decline of the Foreign Correspondent. They talk about the
"dramatic shift of traditional media away from foreign reporting and the growth of web-based citizen journalists and the effect on coverage of international news and human rights issues" Taking part are,
Loren Jenkins, Foreign Editor, National Public Radio, Sherry Ricchiardi, Senior Writer, American Journalism Review and Professor, Indiana University School of Journalism, Patrick Meier, Research Fellow, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative and Bob Dietz, Asia Program Coordinator, Committee to Protect Journalists. link
The discussion took place at George Washington University on December 10, 2008. You can download an MP3 of the 1 hour 16 minute discussion at the Princeton University website.