US website depicts foreign press coverage of America

US website depicts foreign press coverage of America
WatchingAmerica.com is a website dedicated to showing Americans how their country is reported on in the foreign press. The site is edited by William Kern, former copy editor for the International Herald Tribune, and provides translations of interesting stories sourced from newspapers and broadcasts in Europe, The Middle East, Asia, Africa and Latin America. Kern and his business partner British entrepreneur Robert Koerner view their site as responding to the growing interest among Americans in their country’s image abroad. The importance of translating articles from foreign sources is highlighted by Koerner, who asserts that there is a ‘key distinction’ between information published in English by foreign media, and stories written in native languages. No commentary is provided for any of the translated articles as the aim of the site is to be politically neutral. (Editors Weblog,November 30, 2005)

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