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So you want to be Edward R. Murrow. Or maybe the James Woods character in Salvador. Either way, you have a hankering for intrigue, exotic locales, hotel rooms, and shrapnel. This is your book. Current and former foreign correspondents Al Goodman and John Pollack show how to shave years off your "rise" to global reporting by simply bypassing traditional stateside news employment, picking your destination, and beginning work as a stringer--which can lead to career-making assignments in times of crisis. Amazon.com's international audience can consider coming to America to try to make sense of this place. [via]