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May 13, 2007

Local journalism, outsourced to India

Gulp. Looks like the tried and true method of getting a foot in the door in journalism, working a small town beat for peanuts, is in danger of being outsourced to India. A Pasadena website covering local politics is hiring two Indian journalists for a combined salary of $20,000 to watch city council meetings and do interviews over the web.

While it's disheartening to see outsourcing reach the sacred shoals of journalism, I suppose this sort of thing was inevitable. The rules haven't changed all that much...define your niche, write well and often, and suck down the fact that your field just got a lot more competitive.

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On May 14, 2007 6:51 PM, Steven said:

What is the deal with the spam replies?

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On May 14, 2007 10:45 PM, Warren Frey said:

They keep finding ways to slip past our defenses. Clever bastards!

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