| Initially, outsourcing use to claim manufacturing jobs, | | | | He move forward mentioning his opinion that "if it is |
| and then hit services such as technical support, airline | | | | all about sophisticated reporting, then Macpherson |
| reservations and tax preparation. Now the next in line | | | | could end up spending length of time in editing than |
| is local journalism. | | | | the labor savings. |
| James, the editor and the publisher of the Web site | | | | This is not for the first time media jobs are |
| pasadenanow.com, identified that it sounds bizarre to | | | | outsourced to India. The British news agency Reuters |
| have journalists in India covering news in and outside | | | | runs an operation in Bangalore, the silicon city of India |
| Los Angeles. He said "The idea to him makes the | | | | that churns out Wall Street stories based on news |
| business sense because of India's lower labor costs". | | | | releases. |
| Apart from that, work can be done as far as it can | | | | Macpherson appears to be the first to try |
| be watched over the Internet. He further adds that, | | | | outsourcing journalism work that was traditionally |
| "It could be a better option to augment the quality | | | | been done by reporters who walk the streets. He |
| of journalism on the local level without spending any | | | | said "His Web site, which he runs out of his house, |
| expense which is considered to be a grave problem | | | | get about 45,000 unique readers per month but it is |
| for local publications" | | | | not yet yielding beneficial results. After hiring these |
| All are not giving consent on this take that a | | | | journalist, he wanted them to broaden |
| journalist from India can accurately report on issues | | | | pasadenanow.coms content from news releases and |
| of local government and other events. According to | | | | event listings to analyses of issues before the council, |
| their notion, a journalist can't report on a local matter | | | | and perhaps eventually to investigative reports. |
| or an any other local issues, without knowing or | | | | An yearly outlay of $20,800 for the two of a kind, |
| understanding the original cultural, moral, or political | | | | which is not a bad earning for an Indian journalist and |
| tones which ultimately creates such news. | | | | cheap by U.S. standards, each one had to produces |
| According to California journalism professor who is | | | | 15 weekly piece of writing. |
| also a resident of Pasadena, barely few people would | | | | Pasadena city spokeswoman Ann Erdman said that if |
| vest their trust on such reporting by people who do | | | | the articles are well-edited, than the coverage from |
| not know the institutions, and are not even here | | | | the distance which is far cry shouldn't create any |
| physically to witness the proceedings | | | | problem. Anyhow, she said, "Local government is |
| A UCLA professor of technology and strategy who | | | | unquestionably not in the practice of uttering to the |
| outsource copy editing and graphics work to Indian | | | | local business who they can take into the service and |
| businesses, states it is a shaky business proposition. | | | | where those staff should reside. |