''This article is about Correspondent as a profession. For the film by Alfred Hitchcock, see Foreign Correspondent (film).

A correspondent or on-the-scene reporter is a journalist or commentator who contributes reports to a newspaper, or radio or television news, from a remote, often distant, location. A foreign correspondent is in a foreign country. The term correspondent refers to the original practice of filing news reports via postal letter.

Reporter vs. Correspondent

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A correspondent generally interjects some of his/her own opinions into the reported news. A reporter on the other hand in general considered to be impartial, i.e. only reports and nothing more. The term and spirit of the reporter is found more in British news, such as the BBC. While the correspondant is more of an American term, such as NBC or Fox News.

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guyberger (Guy Berger) Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:22:46 -0000
Swenja Kopp: Visiting journos during the World Cup: the sports journos will be foreign correspondents and vice versa.
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