The Collar360

Foreign correspondent

Other names

foreign news correspondent, on-the-scene reporter, international correspondent, foreign reporter, foreign affairs correspondent, foreign journalist

Journalism, writing and languages

They live in another country, research and write news stories about big events, and talk to people to learn the facts.

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The work

The work

The tasks come from O*NET (United States) and ESCO (Europe), the world's two occupation databases. How the work is done can differ in Uganda; our team adds the local way where it does.

  1. 1

    Report news stories for publication or broadcast, describing the background and details of events.

  2. 2

    Gather information and develop perspectives about news subjects through research, interviews, observation, and experience.

  3. 3

    Research a story's background information to provide complete and accurate information.

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Sources

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Uganda licensing routes for regulated careers (councils, boards and their Acts)

Official record

Uganda Nurses and Midwives Council, Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Council, Law Council and the other bodies named on each licence. Gathered by The Collar360.

Public statutes and regulator pages

Uganda labour market: UBOS (NLFS 2021, LMS 2025, UNHS, NHRS), ILOSTAT, NDP IV Human Resource Development Plan

Official record

Uganda Bureau of Statistics; International Labour Organization (ILOSTAT); National Planning Authority. Gathered by The Collar360.

UBOS and NPA publications (public); ILOSTAT CC BY 4.0

Open the source

ISCO-08, International Standard Classification of Occupations

International classification

ISCO-08 © International Labour Organization.

Free to use with attribution

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ESCO, European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations

International classification

This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission.

European Commission reuse policy (Decision 2011/833/EU): free reuse with attribution

Open the source

O*NET 31.0 Database

International classification

Includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 licence. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.

CC BY 4.0

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In other languages

français
correspondant de presse/correspondante de presse
español
corresponsal en el extranjero
العربية
مراسل أجنبي / مراسلة اجنبية
português
Correspondente
Deutsch
Auslandskorrespondent/Auslandskorrespondentin
italiano
corrispondente estero/corrispondente estera

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