From Pigeons to News Portals: Foreign Reporting and the Challenge of New Technology

by David D. Perlmutter

Ever since the invention of the telegraph, journalists have sought to remove the barriers of time and space. Today, we readily accept that reporters can jet quickly to a distant location and broadcast instantly from a satellite-connected, video-enabled cell phone hanging from their belts. But now that live news coverage is possible from virtually anywhere, is foreign correspondence better? And what are the implications of recent changes in journalistic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807132829
• ISBN13: 9780807132821
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.7"