Despite the importance of foreign news, its history, transformation and indeed its future have not been much studied. The scholarly community often calls attention to journalism s shortcomings covering the world, yet the topic has not been systematically examined across countries or over time. The need to redress this neglect and the desire to assess the impact of new media technologies on the future of journalism including foreign correspondence provide the motivation for this stimulating, exciting and thought-provoking book.

While the old economic models supporting news have crumbled...