bureau chief

Regional office head

A bureau chief is the person in charge of a branch office, particularly in journalism.

News organizations station bureau chiefs in major cities or foreign countries to oversee coverage from that region: She served as the network's Moscow bureau chief for five years.

The term appears most often in broadcast and print journalism contexts.

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Journalist working on location

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