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WATERLOO — As Western media outlets struggle with how to cover breaking stories overseas, one valuable resource is often overlooked.
That’s the local journalist, already on the ground in a foreign land, already well-versed in the issues. They’re living the story, unlike the majority of the foreign correspondents who are simply parachuted in.
“We have a ticket out,” the CBC’s Anna Maria Tremonti said Tuesday night during a panel discussion on international reporting held at the Centre for International Governance Innovation …
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