ces.There are a number of recommendations for today's new sources to improve and sell international coverage, but the first priority is to recognize the need for more coverage in general. Once the media agrees that the current state of world news coverage is in need of drastic reinvention, only then may progress begin. Few dispute that the dramatic decline of international news coverage with the close of the Cold War, increasing media competition, and fewer foreign correspondents needs to be addressed. Sadly, in the age of an increasingly globalized world, Americans are seriously lacking a basic understanding of international issues. As citizens of the world's major superpower, Americans have an obligation to maintain a level of international understanding. Therefore, with its far-reaching educational powers, the media must forge a new framework of balanced, informative international coverage. Only with the broadening of international news stories can the American public become aware of the world that they are only one part of, a world in which they are timelessly interconnected...
