August 23, 2026. The Daily Friend.co.za The need to reprise a golden age of foreign reporting OPINIONS    – LISTEN TO THIS After the First World War and disastrous 1919 Paris peace accord, four young American would-be journalists rolled up on European shores. Three were Midwesterners – Vincent Sheean from rural Illinois, John Gunther from Chicago, and William Shirer from Iowa. The fourth and oldest, Dorothy Thompson, … Continue reading We Need to Reprise a Golden Age of Foreign Correspondence