Foreign Correspondents in Slovakia

This chapter presents an analysis of the work of foreign correspondents in Slovakia. The findings are based mainly on interviews with the majority of currently active foreign correspondents (FCs) and some of the FCs who were previously assigned to Slovakia (12 out of approximately 20). Additional sources included a few partial studies related to this topic. Research focused primarily on the professional and personal background of foreign correspondents, resources, their major challenges, the methods of work, and the lessons they learned while working as foreign correspondents in Slovakia. This chapter also focuses on the framework of the international news produced by FCs reporting from Slovakia, including how agendas are set and how news is processed.