Contents
Executive Summary 1
1. The Changing Role of the Foreign Correspondent 3
2. Economics 11
3. Technology 27
4. Globalisation 47
5. The Public Appetite for Foreign News 59
6. On the Ground: Introducing the Case Studies 69
7. China: The Dragon Stirs 71
8. Africa: Learning to Report Itself 81
9. Iran: The Closed Society 89
10. Case Study Conclusions 95
11. Conclusions 97
List of Interviewees 103
Bibliography 105
Acknowledgements 107