World news is the jargon used by journalists to refer to news from abroad, usually about a country or global subject. In the field of journalism, this is a subfield of international coverage or “foreign news,” although it can also include reports on events that are primarily related to the national government or to multilateral organizations like the United Nations.
Foreign news is often covered by two different types of reporters: a full-time correspondent or a special envoy. A foreign correspondent is a reporter stationed in a foreign city and regularly files stories to the news editor, gathering material from local officials, community members and local media as well as from events that the correspondent witnesses personally.
A special envoy is a journalist sent to cover an event or topic but who does not have a permanent employment contract with any particular news organization. Special envoys often work for several different companies at once and are sometimes referred to as stringers.
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NBC’s David Wright reports from Washington on the Trump administration’s relationship with the United Nations, as it grapples with a host of global challenges — including wars in Ukraine and Gaza, a nuclear standoff with Russia and an ongoing crisis in Tibet.
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