Institute for Career Research

Career as a Foreign Correspondent Institute for Career Research

FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS GET PAID TO TRAVEL the world and meet interesting people doing interesting things. There is more to it than that, of course, but the essential fact of being a foreign correspondent is that you get to talk to people who make news all over the world. It can be a difficult field to enter. Competition is stiff, and the best and brightest from all over the world want the few high-paying jobs available in a media market in which traditional big-business media have been squeezed by bloggers and the kind of niche journalism not possible only a few years ago. There are many foreign correspondents roving the world's hotspots, but the days of easy travel and bottomless expense accounts are mostly in the past. If you want to climb to the top of the ladder, you will have to become the best of the best. First and foremost, you will need to commit to becoming a top-notch journalist. You will need to become fluent in at least one foreign language. Be prepared to volunteer for jobs nobody else wants. In this report, you will find sections devoted to the kind of education you will need to start a career as a foreign correspondent, how to get some first-¬hand experience, how much money you might make at certain points during your career and even what you may like or not like about the job.