Sentence:  Now that my spell as a <WSD>foreign correspondent</WSD> for The New York Times has ended and I've come back home—if a place counts as home when you've been away for so long—I've had some time to think about how Britain and America have changed. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A reporter or freelance journalist who is based in a foreign country, and who provides news reports and/or commentary from that place.