foreign correspondent
noun
: a correspondent employed to send news or comment from a foreign country
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Chief foreign correspondent Ian Pannell reports from Tel Aviv and inside the Gaza Strip.
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ABC News, 3 Aug. 2025
That list includes former Herald foreign correspondent and assistant world editor Juan Tamayo and former Herald publisher and former head of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Alberto Ibargüen, who received a special citation along with Cuban dissident and blogger Yoani Sanchez.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 30 July 2025
As an aside, Simon’s father, Bob, was a CBS foreign correspondent and 60 Minutes regular who accreted 27 Emmys, four Peabody awards and a DuPont over 47 years.
—David Bloom, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
In: Tariffs Trump Administration France European Union NATO Elizabeth Palmer
Elizabeth Palmer is CBS News' senior foreign correspondent.
—Elizabeth Palmer, CBS News, 3 May 2025
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ABC News, 3 Aug. 2025
That list includes former Herald foreign correspondent and assistant world editor Juan Tamayo and former Herald publisher and former head of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Alberto Ibargüen, who received a special citation along with Cuban dissident and blogger Yoani Sanchez.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 30 July 2025
As an aside, Simon’s father, Bob, was a CBS foreign correspondent and 60 Minutes regular who accreted 27 Emmys, four Peabody awards and a DuPont over 47 years.
—David Bloom, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
In: Tariffs Trump Administration France European Union NATO Elizabeth Palmer
Elizabeth Palmer is CBS News' senior foreign correspondent.
—Elizabeth Palmer, CBS News, 3 May 2025
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“Foreign correspondent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreign%20correspondent. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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