1st Edition
Reporting Global while being Local Local Producers of News for Distant Audiences
Introduction: Reporting Global While Being Local: Local Sources of News for Distant Audiences
Saumava Mitra and Chris Paterson
1. Fixers as Entrepreneurs
Colleen Murrell
2. "Fixing" the Journalist-Fixer Relationship: A Critical Look Towards Developing Best Practices in Global Reporting
Shayna Plaut and Peter Klein
3. Beyond Puppet Journalism: The Bridging Work of Transnational Journalists in a Local Field
Ruth Moon
4. The Development of Roles in Kosovo: From Fixers to Journalists
Abit Hoxha and Kenneth Andresen
5. One Foot in Prison and One Foot Out: State-Appointed Local Journalistic Labor in North Korea
Soomin Seo
6. Hierarchies of Editorial Power in International NGOs
Muganzi M. Isharaza
7. "Translating" Russia: News Fixers and Foreign Correspondents in an Era of Political Uncertainty
Lindsay Palmer
8. Reporting Global While Being Local—Commentary for Special Issue of Journalism Studies
Stephen Jukes
9. Empowerment Journalism - Commentary for Special Issue of Journalism Studies
Maya Lefkowich, Britney Dennison and Peter Klein
Biography
Saumava Mitra investigates the gendered and geopolitical inequities inherent in the reporting of – and the acts surrounding reporting of – violent and social conflicts around the world. Prior to joining DCU, Mitra worked in journalism, communications and academia in South Asia, East Africa, the North and Central Americas and in Western Europe.
Chris Paterson researches the production of international news and communication for development. He has led funded research on the representation of modern imperialism in Africa, the role of development funding for journalism and climate change communication in Africa. His books concern television news agencies and the safety of war correspondents.
