Kammala wannan magana: Bayan kammala karatunsa a 1956, ya fara aiki a harkokin waje don "The Washington Post". Ya kuma rubuta wani shafi na mako-mako daga Amurka don "New Statesman". Meyer ya sami lambar yabo ta Overseas Press Club don ɗaukar hoto game da Latin Amurka, kuma a lokacin juyin juya halin Cuba ya yi hira da Fidel Castro a cikin Sierra Maestra. Daga 1965 zuwa 1970, ya kasance shugaban ofishin London na "Post" inda ya zama na mako-mako a kan BBC kuma ya zama hali a cikin mujallar wasan kwaikwayo "Private Eye". A shekara ta 1968, ya rufe
Soviet mamayewa da kuma mamaye Czechoslovakia. Da ya dawo gida a 1970, ya jagoranci ofishin New York na "Post".