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Outsourcing news coverage

December 3rd, 2008 at 08:30am Anna Derocher

I’ve heard something like this before. Media companies outsourcing work to other countries. In Pasadena, Calif., an online newspaperless operation called Pasadena Now is using people in India to write things like Christmas tree lighting ceremonies in Pasadena. Boy, I just don’t dig that. Here’s what a New York Times columnist wrote about it. And one blogger’s perspective on this which has prompted lots of comments.

Entry Filed under: Outsourcing the news, Future of newsrooms, Journalism

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