ABSTRACT
In recent years, news organizations across the world have undergone significant changes due to technological developments and increased economic pressures. As a consequence, newspapers as well as broadcasters have been forced to cut budgets and decrease the number of foreign correspondents (Hamilton & Jenner, 2004). This process has taken place in a time marked not only by extended political integration but also by severe economic crises across Europe. Most studies devoted to international news conclude that foreign news reporting is governed by a national logic, meaning that news stories are adapted to fit the demands of predominantly nationally oriented news markets (Shoemaker, Cohen, Seo, & Johnson, 2012, p. 345; Strömbäck, Ø rsten, & A alberg, 2008). In a European context, Raeymaeckers, Cosijn, and Deprez(2007) have revealed that correspondents working in Brussels tend to connect a good EU story with ‘domestic issues’ or with issues that have ‘relevance for national policy’. Against this background, the aim of this study is to map the broader field of foreign correspondents (FCs) operating in Sweden. The chapter will draw attention to the media organizations the FCs represent, the type of news they produce, and what implications the aforementioned political and economic changes have on newsgathering and working conditions.
