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{{Short description|Journalist contributing reports from a remote location}}
{{Redirect|Foreign correspondent||Correspondent (disambiguation)}}
{{Distinguish |co-respondent}}
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{{Infobox occupation
| name               = Correspondent
| synonyms           = Reporter, journalist, [[Communication|communicator]], [[Freelance writer|contributor]]
| pronounce          = /ˌkôrəˈspändənt,ˌkärəˈspändənt/
| image              = Nicosia_3_April_2008_06.jpg
| imagesize          =
| alt                = A correspondent
| caption            = A correspondent on the scene
| official_names     = [[Reporter]], [[journalist]]
| type               = [[Profession]]
| activity_sector    = [[Mass media]], [[entertainment]], [[newspaper]]
| competencies       = [[Communication]], [[Media responsibility|responsibility]]
| formation          = 
| employment_field   = Mass media, newspaper, [[magazine]], [[broadcasting]]
| related_occupation = [[Editing|Editor]], reporter, [[writer]]
}}

A '''correspondent''' or '''on-the-scene reporter''' is usually a [[journalist]] or [[Pundit (expert)|commentator]] for a magazine, or an agent who contributes reports to a [[newspaper]], or [[All-news radio|radio]] or [[television news]], or another type of company, from a remote, often distant, location. A '''foreign correspondent''' is stationed in a foreign country. The term "correspondent" refers to the original practice of filing news reports via postal letter. The largest networks of correspondents belong to [[ARD (broadcaster)|ARD]] (Germany) and [[BBC]] (UK).

==Vs. reporter==

In Britain, the term 'correspondent' usually refers to someone with a specific specialist area, such as health correspondent. A 'reporter' is usually someone without such expertise who is allocated stories by the newsdesk on any story in the news. A 'correspondent' can sometimes have direct executive powers, for example a 'Local Correspondent' (voluntary) of the Open Spaces Society<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 6, 2018 |title=Open Spaces Society Homepage |url=https://www.oss.org.uk/}}</ref> (founded 1865) has some delegated powers to speak for the Society on path and commons matters in their area including representing the Society at Public Inquiries.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Correspondent – Open Spaces Society |url=http://www.oss.org.uk/?s=Correspondent |access-date=19 March 2018 |website=oss.org.uk}}</ref>

==Common types of correspondents==

===Capitol correspondent===
A capitol correspondent is a correspondent who reports from headquarters of government.

===Legal/justice correspondent===
A legal or justice correspondent reports on issues involving legal or criminal justice topics, and may often report from the vicinity of a courthouse. 

===Red carpet correspondent===
A red carpet correspondent is an entertainment reporter who reports from the [[red carpet]] of an entertainment or media event, such as a [[premiere]], [[award ceremony]] or [[festival]].

===Foreign correspondent===
A '''foreign correspondent''' is any individual who reports from primarily foreign locations.

====War correspondent====
{{Main|War correspondent}}

A war correspondent is a foreign correspondent who covers stories first-hand from a war zone.

====Foreign bureau====
A foreign bureau is a [[news bureau]] set up to support a news gathering operation in a foreign country.

===Cost of living correspondent===
'''Cost of living correspondents''' have been employed by several news agencies in the light of [[2021–present United Kingdom cost-of-living crisis|the "cost of living" crisis in the United Kingdom]] from 2021 onwards.<ref>Atlantic Speaker Bureau, [http://www.atlanticspeakerbureau.com/colletta-smith/speaker Colletta Smith is the BBC’s Cost of Living Correspondent], accessed 30 September 2023</ref><ref>[[ITV News]], [https://www.itv.com/news/wales/2022-10-12/we-need-to-step-up-and-be-more-grown-up-young-people-and-the-cost-of-living ‘We need to step up and be more grown up’: the young people bearing the burden of rising prices] by cost of living correspondent Carole Green, published 12 October 2022, accessed 30 September 2023</ref>

==On-the-scene TV news==

{{See also|Video news release|Eyewitness News|Double-ender}}
In TV news, a "live on-the-scene" reporter reports from the field during a "live shot". This has become an extremely popular format with the advent of [[Eyewitness News]].

A recent cost-saving measure is for local TV news to dispense with out-of-town reporters and replace them with syndicated correspondents, usually supplied by a centralized news reporting agency. The producers of the show schedule time with the correspondent, who then appears "live" to file a report and chat with the hosts. The reporter will go and do a number of similar reports for other stations. Many viewers may be unaware that the reporter does not work directly for the news show.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tait |first=Vanessa |date=February 2000 |title=Feature Story News: Is it Pacifica or is it Fox? |url=http://www.fsrn.org/fsn.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060426230041/http://www.fsrn.org/fsn.html |archive-date=April 26, 2006}}</ref> This is also a popular way to report the weather. For example, [[AccuWeather]] does not just supply data, they also supply on-air meteorologists from [[television studio]]s at their headquarters.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rasmussen |first=Carol |date=April 2000 |title=The changing employment scene for meteorology: How universities are adapting |url=http://www.ucar.edu/communications/quarterly/winter98/employment.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204055855/http://www.ucar.edu/communications/quarterly/winter98/employment.html |archive-date=2012-02-04 |access-date=2012-02-05 |publisher=Ucar.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1980-01-01 |title=Weather Video |url=http://wwwa.accuweather.com/news-on-air-personalities.asp?partner=accuweather&myadc=0&traveler=0 |access-date=2012-02-05 |publisher=AccuWeather.com}}</ref>

==See also==
*''[[From Our Own Correspondent]]''
*''[[Letter from America]]''
*[[John Pory]]
*[[List of foreign correspondents in the Spanish Civil War]]
*[[Parachute journalism]]
*[[People's correspondent]]
*[[Press pool]]
*[[Reporters Without Borders]]
*[[Stringer (journalism)]]

==References==
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== External links ==
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