Instructions: For this assignment you will research, identify and write about a journalist. You may choose an American foreign correspondent or a journalist from another country. This person may be living or dead. You must read/watch/listen to a minimum of five examples of this persons work as part of your research. Write an essay about this journalist is (or was) that places this person in the journalistic context and tradition of his/her/their country. If you choose a current Chinese journalist from the Mainland, for example, tell me about the constraints that person is working under as you introduce me to their work. If you choose an American foreign correspondent who covers/covered war, what challenges do/did this person face?
Think about the following questions:
-Why did you choose this journalist? What is it about their work that you find compelling? (include hyperlinks to their work).
-What kind of beat does/did this person cover? Where?
-Where is this persons work published?
-What constraints is/was this person working within?
-What is the journalistic tradition of this journalists country?
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