foreign correspondent

noun

Updated on: 14 Apr 2018

Definition of foreign correspondent

: a correspondent employed to send news or comment from a foreign country

Recent Examples of foreign correspondent from the Web

Get schooled on current events with the help of Context Travel’s guides, most of whom are historians, foreign correspondents, or Ph.

— paul brady, Condé Nast Traveler, "Experience Makers: How a New Generation of Travel Specialists Will Take Your Trip to the Next Level," 27 Mar. 2018
McClatchy Newspapers, Washington, D.C., bureau Andrew Malcolm is an author and veteran national and foreign correspondent covering politics since the 1960s.

— San Francisco Chronicle, "Both political parties are more dysfunctional than Trump White House," 21 Mar. 2018
Andrew Malcolm is an author and veteran national and foreign correspondent covering politics since the 1960s.

— andrew malcolm, Anchorage Daily News, "Try enforcing existing gun laws before launching new ones," 25 Feb. 2018
Andrew Malcolm is an author and veteran national and foreign correspondent covering politics since the 1960s.

— andrew malcolm, San Francisco Chronicle, "What we can do about gun violence — follow the law," 22 Feb. 2018
So began nearly 17 hours in police custody for me and a French photographer, Gilles Sabrié, a long though not uncommon experience for foreign correspondents in China.

— steven lee myers, New York Times, "A Dance for Tibetan New Year, Then 17 Hours in Custody," 18 Feb. 2018
Hours before the tweet was posted, the four-time Olympian was excited about the North Korean athletes who are participating in the games, CBS News foreign correspondent Ben Tracy reports.

— CBS News, "Olympian Shani Davis' tweet criticizes how U.S. flagbearer was chosen," 8 Feb. 2018
Earlier this week, the University of Pennsylvania announced that NBC’s chief foreign correspondent, Andrea Mitchell, would address graduates.

— susan snyder, Philly.com, "Queen Latifah, Anita Hill to speak at Rutgers commencement ceremonies," 7 Feb. 2018
By studying the unusual form of Rett syndrome in the 2-year-old son of NBC News chief foreign correspondent, Richard Engel, scientists are coming up with strategies for treating the disease and a mouse model to test them.

— linda carroll /, NBC News, "What is Rett Syndrome? Richard Engel's son has rare genetic disorder," 30 Jan. 2018

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