Foreign Correspondent


ABC’s 24-hour news dream drives penny-pinching

The ABC has been quietly conducting a year-long secret review of the way it staffs and positions its network of more than a dozen foreign correspondents, with at least two bureaus expected to close.

Glenn Dyer's TV Ratings: Foreign Correspondent on top of its game

Packed to the Rafters predictably won the night for Seven, but Foreign Correspondent’s examination of Venezuela was the real TV highlight.

Somalian chaos: the product of international intervention

The problem in Somalia hasn’t been a lack of engagement: it’s been engagement on the wrong side.

Glenn Dyer's TV Ratings: Seven wins on a poor night of TV

Another night of average to poor TV. Foreign Correspondent didn’t change itself to accommodate the situations in Thailand and Fiji: it was more of a magazine approach.

Lazy ABC dropping the ball with early holidays

Tonight Australian Story, Four Corners and Media Watch finish up for the year. Tomorrow night it’s Foreign Correspondent. That’s disgraceful, writes Glenn Dyer.

Foreign Correspondent presenter — a job for reporters?

The ABC’s Foreign Correspondent has worked well with reporters introducing and promoting their own reports, but now it seems someone wants it to have a presenter, writes Glenn Dyer.