In the history of news came from those with their eyes and ears on the ground. But does that reporting now face an existential crisis? like the rest of us, many international correspondents have spent the past year grounded at home. Audiences and newspaper editors have got used to a year of massively reduced foreign coverage. Within newsrooms, there is a greater emphasis on stringers to tell the story for us. So are these changes permanent? and what do we lose if our perspective no longer comes from one of our own? well, i have a first class panel of guests with me to explore all of that and more. John simpson is the bbc s world affairs editor and a veteran of foreign reporting, covering almost every major war and revolution for 50 years. Sebastian walker is the washington dc bureau chief for vice news and before that ran their middle east bureau. Christina lamb is chief correspondent for the sunday times, reporting on pakistan and afghanistan for over three decades. And arwa damon is
Year grounded at home. Audiences and newspaper editors got use to a year of massively reduced coverage. Within newsrooms there is a greater emphasis on string there is to tell the story for us. So are these changes permanent? and what do we lose if our perspective no longer comes from one of our own? i have a first class panel of guests with me to explore all of that and more. John simpson is the bbc s world affairs editor and a veteran of foreign reporting, covering almost every major warfor 50 years. Sebastian walker is the washington, dc bureau chief for vice news and before that ran to middle east payroll. Christina is chief correspondent for the sunday times. Reporting in pakistan and afghanistan for more than three decades and senior international correspondent for cnn based in istanbul. Before we get into the heart of the programme, you are the only one actually not based at home. You are out and about. So, can you tell us where are you and what are you doing? we are actually en
Now on bbc news: the media show hello. The role of foreign reporter is one of the most glamorous injournalism. Some of our most memorable moments in the history of news came from those with their eyes and ears on the ground. But does that reporting now face an existential crisis? like the rest of us, many international correspondents have spent the past year grounded at home. Audiences and newspaper editors have got used to a year of massively reduced foreign coverage. Within newsrooms, there is a greater emphasis on stringers to tell the story for us. So are these changes permanent? and what do we lose if our perspective no longer comes from one of our own? well, i have a first class panel of guests with me to explore all of that and more. John simpson is the bbc s world affairs editor and a veteran of foreign reporting, covering almost every major war and revolution for 50 years. Sebastian walker is the washington dc bureau chief for vice news and before that ran their middle east bu
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