Outsourcing of city reporting: Will it become a trend?

[LoZoccolo]

Pasadena (US), May 17: What began as a simple business decision for Pasadena, California web publisher Jason Macpherson to outsource some of his news writing to a couple of reporters in India has become a major media debate.

Macpherson, the publisher of Pasadena Now that covers news and current affairs in the southern California town near Los Angeles, is now dealing with both bouquets and brickbats for his decision to hire two reporters in Mumbai and Bangalore to write about city council meetings.

"Where do I get this much quality reporting at this price?" Macpherson wondered to IANS during an interview. "We are doing more with less, offering more content to our readers."

http://www.newkerala.com/news5.php?action=fullnews&id=30235

On edit: I changed the story to a more in-depth, less editorial one about the same newspaper outsourcing.

[electron_blue]

1. oh good grief.

Just what I want - local news under the control of foreign countries.

[BlueManDude]

2. the news media gets all up in arms about a couple of reporting jobs...

doesn't give two shits about the all the other jobs being outsourced.

[Rydz777]

3. Well said. When their ox gets gored, it's front page news. eom