[Rainbow Six]

Originally Posted by unkated

I am sure there will be journalists from Asia/Pacific (Chinese, Japanese, Aussie/NZ) stranded in Europe and vice versa, but by 2000, I doubt they will be earning a living reporting for their original organization. Simply put - they won't be reporting (lack of communication channels), they won't be paid (lack of international banking) and will need to earn money doing something else or working for someone else.

For example, Hikaru Takihashi, dashing correspondent for the Nippon Daily, by late 1998 may find himself working as a waiter in a Magdeburg cafe, or as a contractor driving trucks for the BAOR rather than sending home biweekly articles.

Uncle Ted

That general point is covered in the original article

Despite this, a small number of individuals continue to pursue “the news”, each working to their own agenda. In many cases the hi tech tools of their trade are gone, replaced with pens, pencils, and notebooks that would have been familiar to the correspondents who in previous centuries had recorded events at Gettysburg, Passchendaele, or Normandy. Some are driven by an inordinate curiosity, a desire to still seek out the truth, even though they may have no way to tell their story, no one to tell it to. Others have used their talents as a means to survive themselves, trading information for water, food, and the other essentials of survival. Some scribble down notes and take their pictures for no reason other than perhaps to be able to record events for future generations, in some cases for altruistic reasons, perhaps hoping that the mistakes of history will not be repeated, whilst others, more selfish, think of the time when books will be written again, published, sold, and consider the royalties they hope to earn.

Clearly not every Journalist in Europe is still going to be plying their original trade, but I see no reason why some non European ones can't fall into one of the above categories.