World news is the jargon for news media coverage of a global subject. It is distinct from other forms of reporting, such as national news (news of a country as defined by its borders) or local news (news of events within the town limits). It is also distinguished from war journalism, which is usually considered to be a subfield of world news.
The distinction between world and other types of news is blurred when the topic in question affects more than one nation, such as wars in other countries or summits of multilateral organizations. A journalist who specializes in world news is called a foreign correspondent, although the term is sometimes used to refer to reporters stationed abroad on a permanent basis, rather than those who report periodically on international subjects from home offices.
Correspondents are primarily employed by major newspapers or broadcasters. They are also often employed by the major news agencies, which prepare hard news stories and feature articles and provide them in bulk electronically (originally via telegraphy; now through the Internet) to multiple subscriber news outlets, including newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations. The bulk of the news agencies’ services contain foreign news.
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