Foreign Correspondents and International Newsgathering

Colleen Murrell is a senior lecturer in broadcast journalism at Deakin University in Melbourne. She has written a number of academic journal articles which explore the evolution of international newsgathering. In her previous career Colleen worked as a producer, reporter and news editor for organisations including the BBC, ITN, APTN, ABC and CBC.

• 1. The Changing Nature of Foreign Correspondence 2. The Culture of Foreign Correspondents 3. The Journalistic Field of International Newsgathering: Theories and Methodologies 4. Why Do Correspondents need Fixers? 5. How Do Correspondents use Fixers? 6. Case Study: Iraq 7. Case Study: Indonesia 8. Conclusion

"The book throws light on a little researched area of foreign reporting... As a former journalist-turned-academic Murrell brings to the book an intimate knowledge of the ways and means of news gathering."Yoel Cohen, Ariel University, Israel, Communication Trends"Colleen Murrell thoroughly and thoughtfully addresses the role of the ‘fixer,’ an integral player in international news coverage whose work does much to shape how global news audiences see the world." Philip Seib, University of Southern California, USA