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FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS
Clean air for John Garnaut, home from China
John Garnaut, one of Australia’s most respected foreign correspondents, is heading home after a stint in China. Who will Fairfax pick to replace him?
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This is Moscow calling: not any more as ABC scraps Russia desk
Change is afoot in the ABC’s network of foreign bureaux: Moscow is out and a second Middle-East position is on the way.
READ MORETips and rumours
Fairfax baulks at tabloid switch? … Paul McGeough contemplates move to Middle East … senior mandarins wearing trackpants, blunnies in January quiet …
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Foreign bureaux get the chop as News, Fairfax cut costs
Is there a future for newspapers’ foreign correspondents in the digital age? The signs don’t look good as Australia’s editors look to cut costs — and the US and Europe look like the next to go.
READ MOREUS election coverage: don’t mention China
The media is fascinated by the US election when a more important leadership handover is occurring with far less coverage in China.
READ MOREABC journos told to penny-pinch on travel
ABC foreign correspondents have been effectively confined to their base cities because the budget for travel has run out. The stricture was contained in a message sent out last week from the head of policy for news, Steve Alward.
READ MOREThat damn polar bear drove me Knuts
Popular polar bear Knut died in Berlin Zoo this week. But for Roger Boyes, a foreign correspondent in Germany, Knut’s death comes as a relief. No more ditching serious stories about the euro collapse in favour of cute updates of Knut, says Boyes.
READ MOREABC foreign affairs: cuts to support staff fuel News 24 resentment
The ABC is attempting to hose down anger over mooted changes to foreign reporting bureaus, but staff are deeply sceptical about sharing resources with a commercial news organisation and fewer opportunities for original field reporting.
READ MOREVIDEO: Broadcasting from behind the Bamboo Curtain
As China celebrates 60 years under the PRC government, the ABC looks back at over 30 years of coverage in the country, from Richard Nixon’s historic visit in 1972 to the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
READ MOREThe awkward truth of foreign journalism
The relationship between fixers and foreign correspondents can be very close. But as the death of respected Afghan journalist Sultan Munadi shows, there will always be a power imbalance, says George Parker.
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