War correspondence

This chapter explores the history and practice of war correspondence in a transnational context, examining the transfer and diffusion of journalistic practices, including the evolving role of war correspondents as participants and observers across time and place. This chapter delves into journalistic conventions and routines, highlighting selected histories of transnational war reporters and the dynamics and challenges of cross-border reporting since the dawn of war correspondence. This chapter examines the historical importance of war correspondence, issues of censorship, propaganda, trauma, and journalistic authority, and highlights war correspondence that challenges the Anglo-American journalistic practices that have long been centered in journalism history scholarship. This chapter explores how technological innovations have shaped the form and style of transnational war correspondence, as well as the transfer of ideas and practices within media institutions at both the local, national, and international levels. Finally, this chapter will discuss how transnational war correspondence routines and practices are adapting to the digital era.