TYRANNY AND GOOD INTENTIONS By: Al Cronkrite
On this site the Chicago Tribune lists eleven foreign correspondents that live, work, and report from foreign locations. Their backgrounds are varied; some graduated from Harvard, Northwestern University was the springboard for a couple, University of Illinois, and McGill were also sources, some graduated from small colleges with little name recognition, and some had no college at all.
Foreign correspondents for major newspapers are generally smart and talented. They are often rotated to different locations giving them an inordinate perspective of world affairs and making them valued assets for individual interviews and round table discussions. Skilled interviewers can often glean new and interesting information about foreign countries by patiently delving into their wealth of knowledge.
Brian Lamb interviewed Evan Osnos on a C-Span week-end broadcast. Osnos is a second generation foreign correspondent educated at Harvard. He is currently the Bureau Chief for the Chicago Tribune in Beijing. Having spent several years in the Middle-East he has seen his share of strife.
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