Today I’d like to talk about how to become a 1 . Usually you have to start at the beginning. That is, you have to begin 2 of some sort on a local newspaper, a 3 , maybe on a small magazine -- work 4 . Now there aren’t that many organizations which have large numbers of foreign correspondents so you also have to 5 with that aim 6 . Another way of doing it is to work abroad, and work as 7 . That’s somebody who sells stories, and gets paid 8 , to newspapers and magazines and so on. And hoping to 9 that way, and eventually to be offered a 10 .
I don’t really know 11 are needed, but obviously a degree in modern languages or 12 would be very useful. But, a degree in itself probably wouldn’t 13 . It wouldn’t be enough to get you job. It wouldn’t 14 to make an editor decide to 15 . So it’s difficult to define the 16 . You’re going to need 17 and the ability to assimilate information 18 and then produce stories which 19 of the newspaper or radio or television station you 20 .