His answer was very similar to what a Western journalist might say.

This was the first he had ever given to a Western journalist.

That was his first and last meeting with Western journalists.

He was the first Western journalist allowed to visit that area since the war.

What you usually get are the impressions of Western journalists.

Western journalists, with only a few exceptions, have been kept out.

But Western journalists have generally had access only on special occasions.

Western journalists, almost without exception, have been unable to get there.

He captured the attention of public figures, politicians, Western journalists and government officials.