Pathfinder for International Reporting: 2007

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PRINTED REFERENCE MATERIALS: [In addition to standard reference materials such as several foreign language dictionaries, atlases, encyclopedias, almanacs and the like our students have access to the following:]  

• Editor & Publisher International Yearbook (2007) located at the Park Library reference desk. [Note: a directory of newspapers published in foreign countries is listed in section III. Also, a directory of the executives and members of the United Nations Correspondents Association can be in section VI.] 
• World Press Trends: the definitive guide to changes taking place in the press industry around the globe (2006) located at the Park Library reference desk. The 2007 edition is on order. [Note: see also this URL: http://www.wan-press.org ]

BOOKS:

Approximately 85 percent of our Park Library's book collection is cataloged and available via the UNC Online Catalog. If our Park Library has a book, one is most likely to find it by going to http://www.lib.unc.edu and clicking on the web catalog. The Park Library will be listed in the holdings with our call number. To locate the book, note the call number and present it to the Park Library staff. Please note that you are welcome to read the book in our Library, but none of our books or materials circulate.  

• The World News Prism: global media in an era of terrorism (2002) Park Library stacks  Call # INT-mmp .H117 2002

• News Around the World (2006) Park Library stacks Call # INT-ref .S559

• Basic issues of the work of a foreign correspondent (1985) Davis Library Call # PN4784.F6 D58 1985

• The world on a string : how to become a freelance foreign correspondent (1997) Davis Library Call # PN4797 .G64 1997

• International News & Foreign Correspondents (1996) Davis Library Call # PN4784.F6 H47 1996

• Foreign correspondence : the great reporters and their times (1964) Park Library Call # JH-for .H717 1964

• Buying the Night Flight: The Autobiography of a Woman Foreign Correspondent (2001) Davis Library Call # PN4874.G356 A88 2001

• Den of lions : memoirs of seven years (about the captivity of Terry Anderson, chief Middle East correspondent for The Associated Press, 1993) Davis Library Call # DS87.2.A53 A3 1993

• On the Front Lines: following America's foreign correspondents across the twentieth century. (1995) Park Library Call # JH-for .E53 1995

• Giving Meanings to the World: the first U.S. Foreign Correspondents, 1938-1959 (2002) Park Library Call # JH-for.D358 2002

• The First Casualty: from the Crimea to Vietnam: the war correspondent as hero, propagandist, and myth maker (1975) Park Library Call # REP-mil .K69 1975

• The Women Who Wrote the War (1999) Park Library Call # JH.S713

• Where the Action Was: Women War Correspondents in World War II (2002) 

• Women War Correspondents of World War II (1989) Davis Library Call # D799.U6 W34 1989

• Women of the World: the great foreign correspondents (1988) Davis Library Call # PN4872 .E39 1988

• Women war correspondents in the Vietnam War, 1961-1975 (1988) Park Library Call # WMN-mil .E49 1988

FOREIGN NEWSPAPERS:

• For a list of all foreign newspapers currently subscribed to on the UNC-CH campus, go to http://www.lib.unc.edu/newspapers/ [Note: click on the pop-down box "All International Titles" and select "all international titles."]

• Latin American Newspapers http://www.zonalatina.com/Zlpapers.htm 

• [Note: check  the section below on Databases to retrieve archived articles from foreign newspapers and wire services.]

• Kidon Media Link
  http://www.kidon.com/media-link/index.php

• ABYZ News Links (advertising sponsors)
  http://www.abyznewslinks.com

• World News Connection (a foreign news service from the U.S. Government) [Note: this is a fee-based service requiring subscription.] http://wnc.fedworld.gov/description.html

• Newser.com (a category of foreign news is updated hourly)

TELEVISION PROGRAMS:

• BBC News World Edition http://news.bbc.co.uk/ 

• CNN International http://edition.cnn.com/ 

• Asia Media http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/

• Al Jazeera (English) http://english.aljazeera.net/News

• Live Television from Around the World  (foreign languages: Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and multilingual)
  http://broadcast-live.com/television/index.html

FILMS:

• Journalist Huntley Haverstock (Joel McCrea) portrays the stereotypical Foreign Correspondent in the Alfred Hitchcock thriller. (1940) Located in UL Media Center, call # 65-FH73

• The Year of Living Dangerously" (1983) The film follows Australian radio and news service reporter Guy Hamilton (Mel Gibson) in Jakarta, Indonesia, during 1965, when an attempted coup failed against President Sukarno

• The Killing Fields (1984) The film is based on the story of New York Times reporter Sidney Schanberg (Sam Waterston). When the U.S. involvement in Vietnam ends, Schanberg stays in Cambodia after the American evacuation. The movie won three Oscars, including Best Supporting Actor for Ngor.

• Salvador (1986) Richard Boyle and director Oliver Stone wrote the screenplay based on Boyle's experiences. James Woods plays Boyle, an out-of-work journalist who heads to El Salavador with his friend Dr. Rock (James Belushi) after his wife takes his son and leaves him. He convinces Rock that they can cover the "little guerrilla war" while enjoying drink, drugs and women. But once in the country, they realize the danger. Boyle and a photojournalist witness hundreds of bodies left to rot in the sun by right-wing death squads.

• Under Fire (1983) Nick Nolte is Russell Price, an American photojournalist covering the Nicaraguan revolution. Price meets Claire (Joanna Cassidy), a reporter for National Public Radio. They find themselves involved with revolutionaries and actually photograph a slain leader to make it appear that he is still alive. Network news anchor Alex Grazier (Gene Hackman) sees the photo and flies to the country to cover the story. Grazier is fatally shot by one of President Somoza's National Guardsmen, and Price captures it on film. The global response that follows helps put an end to Somoza's government. In 1979, an ABC correspondent, Bill Stewart, was killed by Somoza's troops. Videotape brought the murder to audiences in America. Somoza fled on July 19, 1979.

WEB SITES:

• Foreign Correspondents' Association (Australia & South Pacific http://www.foreigncorrespondents.org/ [Note: search for more web sites using Google's advanced search. Enter "foreign correspondents" in the exact phrase box and "journalists" in the all the words box. You'll discover other foreign correspondents' organizations. One can also use the search phrase "foreign press."]

• United Nations Correspondents Association  
  http://www.unca.com/06/mst_fm_set_06/mst-fm-1.htm

• Overseas Press Club of America http://www.opcofamerica.org/

• Inter American Press Association http://www.sipiapa.com/ 

• Committee to Protect Journalists http://www.cpj.org/  

• The World Factbook (CIA) [Note: includes country profiles, maps and photos.] https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

• International Press Review http://www.worldpress.org/ 

• AP Associated Press International http://www.ap.org/pages/product/apinternational.html 

DATABASES:

• LexisNexis Academic http://web.lexis-nexis.com/universe/form/academic/s_guidednews.html [Note: select "World News" from the first pop-down menu and then make your choice in the second pop-down menu (you may select non-English news sources if you wish.) Next, enter your search terms (example: iraq AND bush AND withdrawal). Then select the time frame of interest. Finally click on search. You will discover not only foreign newspapers but also foreign press services.]
• Communication and Mass Media Complete http://eresources.lib.unc.edu/eid/ [Note: select the letter "C" and scroll down until you locate the database. Click on the link. Follow the screen prompts for your search.]
• CQ Researcher http://eresources.lib.unc.edu/eid/ [Note: select the letter "C" and scroll down until you locate the database. Click on the link. Follow the screen prompts for your search, or, you may browse the topics.]
• Global NewsBank http://eresources.lib.unc.edu/eid/ [Note: select the letter "G" and scroll down until you locate the database. Click on the link. Next, select "international relations." You'll discover reports from national U.S. newspapers, NPR, foreign press services. Click on topics of interest.]
• Issues & Controversies http://eresources.lib.unc.edu/eid/ [Note: select "I" and scroll down until you locate the database. Click on the link. Locate the link to "Access to All Topics;" click on it. Browse or search for particular countries. You will discover relevant and usually timely reports, maps, statistics.]
• Television News Archive from Vanderbilt University http://eresources.lib.unc.edu/eid/ [Note: select "T" and scroll down until you locate the database. Click on the link. Follow the screen prompts for your search. Note also that in order to view the tapes, if they are available, you will have to have the latest RealAudio on your computer.]
• World News Connection http://eresources.lib.unc.edu/eid/ [Note: this database is available ONLY at Davis Library's reference department computer stations. Once there, you can search for the latest headlines by world region or search by topics. Ask for assistance from the Davis reference librarians.]