ABSTRACT

Foreign correspondents are uniquely positioned to increase the global plurality of views, understand a complex world of global risk, and create a more cosmopolitan media. In order to better equip foreign correspondents for their postings, innovative approaches are needed. With this aim, a new journalism research practice, called the Frame Reflection Interview (FRI), was developed. The FRI allows correspondents, in a short period of time, to gain an in-depth understanding of social contexts of the target country. The FRI process is based on translating the theory and methodology of frame reflection from the practice of policy design to the practice of journalism. This article reports on the results of a pilot trial of this method where a correspondent, about to be posted to Jakarta, accessed members of the Indonesian diaspora in Sydney before her departure. The results of the pilot were measured via content analysis of stories completed by the journalist during the early months of her posting, and by qualitative interviews with the journalist. The results of this research show the potential for FRIs to improve foreign correspondence, especially in postcolonial contexts.

摘要

外国记者具有独特的优势，可以增加全球观点的多元化，了解复杂的全球风险世界，并创建一个更加国际化的媒体。为了更好地为驻外记者做好准备，需要采用创新方法。为此，开发了一种新的新闻研究实践，称为框架反思访谈 (FRI)。FRI 允许记者在短时间内深入了解目标国家的社会背景。FRI 过程基于将框架反思的理论和方法从政策设计实践转化为新闻实践。这篇文章报道了这种方法的试点试验结果，一位即将被派往雅加达的记者，在她离开之前访问了悉尼的印度尼西亚侨民。试点的结果是通过对记者在其发布的最初几个月内完成的故事的内容分析以及对记者的定性采访来衡量的。这项研究的结果显示了 FRIs 改善对外通信的潜力，尤其是在后殖民背景下。