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).
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.
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]
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Foreign correspondent redirects here For other uses see Correspondent disambiguation Not to be confused with co respondent This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Correspondent news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2012 Learn how and when to remove this template message 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 CorrespondentA correspondent on the sceneOccupationNamesReporter JournalistSynonymsReporter Journalist Writer Communicator ContributorPronunciation ˌkoreˈspandent ˌkareˈspandent Occupation typeProfessionActivity sectorsMass Media Entertainment NewspaperDescriptionCompetenciesCommunication ResponsibilityFields ofemploymentMass Media Newspaper Magazine BroadcastingRelated jobsEditor Reporter Writer Contents 1 Vs reporter 2 Common types of correspondents 2 1 Capitol correspondent 2 2 Legal justice correspondent 2 3 Red carpet correspondent 2 4 Foreign correspondent 2 4 1 War correspondent 2 4 2 Foreign bureau 3 On the scene TV news 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksVs reporter EditIn 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 EditCapitol correspondent Edit A capitol correspondent is a correspondent who reports from headquarters of government Legal justice correspondent Edit 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 Edit 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 Edit A foreign correspondent is any individual who reports from primarily foreign locations War correspondent Edit Main article War correspondent A war correspondent is a foreign correspondent who covers stories first hand from a war zone Foreign bureau Edit A foreign bureau is a news bureau set up to support a news gathering operation in a foreign country On the scene TV news EditSee also Video news release Eyewitness News and Double ender 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 EditFrom 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 Edit 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 Edit Media related to Correspondents at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Correspondent amp oldid 1054214047, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
