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    Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge from Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic
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    1. chrisaldrich 28 Jul 2023
      The first proper war correspondent was a jolly, well-fed, clubbablecard-playing Irish bon vivant from County Limerick named WilliamHoward Russell.

      William Howard Russell was one of the first foreign war correspondents. He was particularly known for his coverage of the 1850's Crimean War; his descriptions of the wounded there urged the arrival of Florence Nightingale.

      war correspondents foreign correspondents William Howard Russell Russell Crimean War XVII 1850s Florence Nightingale
    2. chrisaldrich 28 Jul 2023
      Consider, for instance, this episode fromScoop, Evelyn Waugh’s classic satire on the occasionalwaywardness of journalism’s most celebrated and romanticizedcorps d’elite, the foreign correspondents.

      Story of William Boot and description of Wenlock Jakes who "made" (up) news.

      Evelyn Waugh journalism satire foreign correspondents fabulist journalism

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