Media Money: The future of newspapers: Metro with knobs on (and a hiring spree at Thomson Reuters)
Wednesday, 18 February 2009, 19:35
Peter Kirwan on Ed Roussel's outsourcing idea: "The other question that needs to be asked here is this: what will a newspapers’ roster of 'premium' writers look like once they’re required to blog and Twitter with the rest of us. Getting the top knobs to take the web seriously and start interacting with their readers –- properly –- might be a bit of a challenge."
Media Notes Ed Roussel and the post-recession news media
Saturday, 14 February 2009, 10:45
In a lecture at Sheffield University, Ed Roussel operationalises Jeff Jarvis' better-known dictum about links in journalism: "Invest in what you do best, outsource the rest".
Media Notes: Ed Roussel and Charlie Beckett: a response
Saturday, 14 February 2009, 10:24
Ben Spencer points out a consequence of Ed Roussel's premium-reporters-only vision for future newspapers: Where will the next generation of premium reporters gain the experience necessary to be premium reporters?
Sunday, 12 August 2007, 17:21
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"New Zealand Newspaper publisher APN News & Media began outsourcing editorial production work Sunday, a strategy being watched by media outlets in other countries"
Friday, 10 August 2007, 11:42
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Seamus McCauley: "My tentative conclusion was that newspapers’ core value is in verification – in deciding what to print on the basis of whether it is (verifiably) true."
Thursday, 9 August 2007, 00:36
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A great post about outsourcing at newspapers.
Tuesday, 15 May 2007, 08:49
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Newsweek’s Andrew Murr interviews the California publisher who is outsourcing local reporting to India.
Sunday, 13 May 2007, 12:54
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Sree Sreenivasan: "Gee, if I spend most of my day ‘reporting’ by using the phone and the Internet, couldn’t someone who is paid one-tenth of my salary easily do this job?"
Sunday, 13 May 2007, 12:23
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Liz Foreman has prepared a list of broadcast jorunalism jobs that can or will be offshored.
Local newsgathering outsourced to India
Friday, 11 May 2007, 11:21
The academic literature on globalisation has long predicted that information technology would alllow white-collar back-office jobs to be outsourced to low-wage economies. Examples of legal, accountancy, software development tasks have been around for years.
‘You’re on my list, you journalists,” Princeton economist Alan Blinder told the Telegraph’s Edmund Conway earlier this week, discussing a list of [...]
Friday, 11 May 2007, 00:09
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Local news site pasadenanow.com is advertising for a reporter based in India. Publisher James Macpherson: "Whether you’re at a desk in Pasadena or a desk in Mumbai, you’re still just a phone call or e-mail away from the interview."
