A report released today by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford University urges news organisations to rethink the way they go about foreign reporting.
The study, called Are foreign correspondents redundant?, was written by Richard Sambrook, former head of the BBC's global news division.
There is much to admire in his comprehensive report, not least the historical section.
But his most telling points relate to the opportunities for a new approach to reporting offered by the twin phenomena of globalisation and the digital revolution.
It forms the basis to my column in today's London Evening Standard
