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02 br 02 br 00 A correspondent usually has a particular brief to report about a particular subject, or from a particular country. 0-
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0 I think that a correspondent (in the sense you mean) is always a reporter, but not necessarily vice versa. 02 br
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00 A correspondent usually has a particular brief to report about a particular subject, or from a particular country. A hack reporter working on whatever miscellaneous stories are thrown his way wouldn't be called a "correspondent". 0-
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00 A correspondent usually has a particular brief to report about a particular subject, or from a particular country. A hack reporter working on whatever miscellaneous stories are thrown his way wouldn't be called a "correspondent". 0-
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0 A further thought. Since "correspondent" also means "someone who corresponds by letter", I suppose that newspaper correspondents were originally those reporters who were stationed a way away from the main office, especially in another country, and who filed their reports by letter. 0-
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