Pam Constable writes in the Washington Post about the decline in the number of American foreign correspondents. She calls it a dying breed. She makes some good points. When we left Mexico City in 1979 the numbers had already started to decline. There were about 35 full time American foreign correspondents based in Mexico City in 1970. That had dropped to 15 by 1979. I have no idea how many are there now but I am sure they are few. Big name capitals in Europe -- especially Paris, London and Rome -- had more.
This is a big loss for followers of American print and broadcast news at a time when it is more important than ever before to know what is happening around the world.
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