The World on a String: How to Become a Freelance Foreign Correspondent

Alan Goodman · John Pollack

Jun 2014 · Sold by Holt Paperbacks

About this ebook

With the help of veteran journalists Alan Goodman and John Pollack's The World on a String, young reporters need not spend years struggling in obscurity to land coveted foreign assignments.

In fact, technological advances and cost-cutting at major media companies have created unprecedented opportunities for enterprising journalists to succeed abroad as freelance correspondents—stringers—for newspapers, magazines, radio, television, wire services, and Internet outlets.

The World on a String: How to Become a Freelance Foreign Correspondent is the step-by-step manual that describes how to:

*choose your region wisely
*select the right equipment
*establish vital editorial contacts at home and abroad
*make ends meet while filing stories to various media
*prepare for the risks of reporting from war zones
*work effectively with distant editors

Colorful anecdotes and practical advice from successful stringers around the world highlight the trials and triumphs of freelancing abroad, enabling you to assess and take control of your career in the competitive world of journalism.

About the author

Al Goodman is a Spain-based stringer for The New York Times, CNN, National Public Radio, and Wine Spectator.

John Pollack, who now lives in Washington, D.C., was a stringer in Spain for the Los Angeles Times, the Miami Herald, USA Today, and The Associated Press.

Wolf Blitzer is CNN's Senior White House Correspondent. He began his career in journalism as a stringer for the Reuters News Agency in its Tel Aviv bureau in 1972.