foreign correspondent
noun
: a correspondent employed to send news or comment from a foreign country
Examples of foreign correspondent in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
There’s also a broadcast journalism award for longtime CBC and CTV foreign correspondent Paul Workman.
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Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Apr. 2024
But the massive city is still at risk of running out of water, even as Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador insists he’s got everything under control, as L.A. Times foreign correspondent Patrick J. McDonnell explains in this illuminating story.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2024
After the crackdown on free speech in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, most independent media organizations have been banned, many Russian journalists are in exile, and foreign correspondents have either been expelled or jailed, including The Wall Street Journal’s Evan Gershkovich.
—USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2024
Raf Sanchez Raf Sanchez is a foreign correspondent for NBC News.
—Raf Sanchez, NBC News, 26 Mar. 2024
Greste is an award-winning foreign correspondent who, along with two of his colleagues, was reporting on the Arab Spring uprising.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 14 Mar. 2024
Lund composed and performed prolifically during these years and also served as a foreign correspondent for the Norwegian press, a guest lecturer, a music teacher and a fundraiser for humanitarian organizations.
—Stephen Cox, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Mar. 2024
Upon their first meeting, Ellis, as suave foreign correspondent Nick Russel, charms Mack with his good looks.
—Brendan Le, Peoplemag, 14 Feb. 2024
The Pulitzer win propelled his career, and he was sent to Paris as a foreign correspondent.
—Bob Drogin, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2023
Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Apr. 2024
But the massive city is still at risk of running out of water, even as Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador insists he’s got everything under control, as L.A. Times foreign correspondent Patrick J. McDonnell explains in this illuminating story.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2024
After the crackdown on free speech in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, most independent media organizations have been banned, many Russian journalists are in exile, and foreign correspondents have either been expelled or jailed, including The Wall Street Journal’s Evan Gershkovich.
—USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2024
Raf Sanchez Raf Sanchez is a foreign correspondent for NBC News.
—Raf Sanchez, NBC News, 26 Mar. 2024
Greste is an award-winning foreign correspondent who, along with two of his colleagues, was reporting on the Arab Spring uprising.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 14 Mar. 2024
Lund composed and performed prolifically during these years and also served as a foreign correspondent for the Norwegian press, a guest lecturer, a music teacher and a fundraiser for humanitarian organizations.
—Stephen Cox, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Mar. 2024
Upon their first meeting, Ellis, as suave foreign correspondent Nick Russel, charms Mack with his good looks.
—Brendan Le, Peoplemag, 14 Feb. 2024
The Pulitzer win propelled his career, and he was sent to Paris as a foreign correspondent.
—Bob Drogin, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1881, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of foreign correspondent was
in 1881
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