Throwback Thursday: Foreign Reporting for Dummies

Spoiler alert: I didn’t make it

(Me, in the Khyber Pass)

For all of you who ever dreamed of being a foreign correspondent, here is a handy, step-by-step guide telling you how not to do it.

Specifically, I will outline what went wrong the first time Reuters tried to send me out of the country on a huge breaking foreign story.

Spoiler alert: I didn’t make it.

Please enjoy Foreign Reporting for Dummies, which I first posted one year ago.

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