The meaning of war correspondent

A war correspondent refers to a journalist who reports news in the war, also known as a "reporter with the army", which is a professional division of labor among journalists.

War correspondents also include writers, painters, photographers and cameramen. The live news or witness news written by them according to their own personal experience and knowledge is the live report. The war correspondent first appeared in western countries and was born in Europe at the beginning of19th century. It emerged with the development of modern newspaper industry and military affairs, and has a history of more than 200 years.

War correspondents run through the whole history of modern journalism and the history of war in the past 200 years. The history of war correspondents is actually a unique news history and a unique war history.

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The reporter's scope of work:

They are not ordinary people, but go to the scene of the event or get in touch with the parties involved in the news event, present the truth of the event and its representative significance to the mass media through reports, and help the media realize the functions of watching, educating, discussing and entertaining.

Generally speaking, journalists mainly work in newspapers, TV stations, radio stations, magazines, news agencies and other institutions. After the emergence of the Internet, some journalists also worked for online media (online newspapers) or professional websites. Many government agencies, industrial and commercial enterprises also have their own journalists, as well as journalists who do not work in fixed media, generally called "freelance journalists" or "freelance journalists", who accept media entrustment or contribute for a living.

Journalists' expressions can be divided into reports, special topics, investigation interviews, exclusive interviews, accurate reports and so on. It is a reporter's manuscript, photos, videos, etc. , usually must be handled by the editing desk.

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