World news is the media jargon for international news, usually referring to global news that is not specifically local or national in scope. World news is a major division of journalism, with many subfields including war reporting (which is often considered national for the media of belligerent countries), political coverage and general news about worldwide events. Most of the major news outlets have a world section, and the bulk of news agency services provide foreign news.
In the earliest days of modern journalism, almost all news was foreign, as recorded by the courants of 17th century Europe and later published in English, French and Dutch by newspapers like the Daily Courant (London), the Nieuwe Tijudinger (Antwerp), Avisa Relation oder Zeitung (Strasbourg) and the Agence de Presse et des Libéralités Françaises et Allemandes (Wolfenbüttel). Since the invention of the telegraph and other communications technologies, foreign reporting has become much easier. Today, reporters based abroad are typically referred to as correspondents and often have full-time employment contracts with news organizations. Reporters who work on a freelance basis, known as stringers, may produce material for several different companies at once and are often called roving journalists or international correspondents.
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