The Geopolitics of Representation in Foreign News reveals a great deal about who decides what is news, the different ways national media define a story, and what this means for the publics that consume the news. Bella Mody's starting point is that news about human abuse is a desirable end in itself and an investment against future genocides. The analysis of how various media measured up to that standard is covering the crisis in Darfur is fascinating and, in some cases, alarming. The result is a must-read for anyone interested in international journalism.-Catherine McKercher, Carleton University The Geopolitics of Representation in Foreign News combines systematic content analyses with insightful interpretation: places this research into theoretical, historical, and political contexts: and uses an elegant organizing structure that compares news coverage within and across nation-states, regions, and the globe. The result is a significant contribution to our understanding of the constructed nature of 'news,' the diverse practices of contemporary journalism, and the implications of both for cross-national understanding of the Darfur crises specifically and foreign 'others' more generally.-Michael X. Delli Carpini, University of Pennsylvania Mody combines political economy, international relations, and content analysis in this unique interpretation of foreign news as geopolitically situated knowledge. Her focus on the global South and North and on print and online news offers fresh understandings of global news flows. Her analysis of the potentials and pitfalls of foreign news as international education is illuminating.-W. Lance Bennett, University of Washington The Geopolitics of Representation in Foreign News: Explaining Darfur highlights the specific ways in which news organizations strategically construct and report a foreign event. Using the international media coverage of the Darfur uprising in western Sudan as her primary example, Bella Mody Demonstrates how national historical solidarity with global North or South power blocs, current national interest in the country, ownership of the news organization, and the political-linguistic constituency of the intended audience play a pivotal role in the reporting of an event. Conceptualizing foreign news as perhaps the only means of cross-national, continuing education. Mody uses comprehensiveness as an evaluative measure of the news. The Geopolitics of Representation in Foreign News provides unique insights that will be of particular interest to those researchers working in the field of international journalism.