Concurrently fading away and strengthening: A cross-country comparison of foreign and local news beats

Lenka Waschková Císařová, Masaryk University, Sarah Van Leuven, Ghent University, Milda Malling, University of Lund, Zvi Reich, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Dominique Marchetti, The National Centre for Scientific Research, Archana Kumari, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Rubén Arnoldo González, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Sergio SplendoreUniversità degli studi di Milano, Lada Trifonova Price, University of Sheffield, Mark Coddington, Washington and Lee University, Claudia Mellado, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Florian Wintterlin, University of Münster, Pantelis Vatikiotis, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Avshalom GinosarEmek Yezeel Academic College, Antoine Faure, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Leticia Hernández, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla

Journalism: Theory, Practice & Criticism

Published online on August 27, 2025

Abstract

Journalism, Volume 27, Issue 8, Page 2213-2236, August 2026.
One of the structuring logics behind the creation of news beats is the geographical one: that is, national, foreign and local news desks. Foreign and local beats, in particular, have a lot in common: the coverage of different geographical contexts ...