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In: | Pacific Journalism Review, 18, 2012, 2, p. 196 |
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Auckland University of Technology (AUT) Library
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Media Type: | Article, E-Article |
Physical Description: | 196 |
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2324-2035
1023-9499 |
DOI: | 10.24135/pjr.v18i2.276 |
published in: | Pacific Journalism Review |
Language: | Undetermined |
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Collection: | Auckland University of Technology (AUT) Library (CrossRef) |
<jats:p>The term ‘international news’ is illustrative of the conflicted nature of journalism. At one and the same time it is well understood and meaningful—and anachronistic in a global era. There is a tendency in many quarters to shy away from addressing an inherent instability in journalism, and instead bemoan the demise of the foreign correspondent, the symbolic ‘man [invariably a man] in gray flannel’ (Cohen, 1963, p. 17) who determined what was worth knowing about the world: a highly-privileged élite among élites. The expiration of the legend can be posited as the demise of journalism writ large.</jats:p> |