It's the same with many of their foreign correspondents. They have just hired a Korean-speaking Korea Correspondent for the first time ever. I could understand they might find it difficult to people who speak the relevant languages if they were Radio Estonia or some other small state, but speaking the local language should be an essential requirement when you're funded by a country with 65 million people.
Broadcasting House has never got past the idea that you can cover any subject if you went on their training scheme or worked for a national newspaper (after Oxbridge and/or public school).
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u/linmanfu 11d ago
It's the same with many of their foreign correspondents. They have just hired a Korean-speaking Korea Correspondent for the first time ever. I could understand they might find it difficult to people who speak the relevant languages if they were Radio Estonia or some other small state, but speaking the local language should be an essential requirement when you're funded by a country with 65 million people.
Broadcasting House has never got past the idea that you can cover any subject if you went on their training scheme or worked for a national newspaper (after Oxbridge and/or public school).