Saturday, July 09, 2005

Reuters looking to outsource more editorial

Following our posting last month on outsourcing editorial to India, S. Karat at ContentSutra has posted on Reuters wanted ads for editors to cover international markets from Bangalore. He asks:

"A correspondent sitting in Bangalore will cover US companies. Is it a sustainable model? Only time will tell."

It depends what they're asking them to write, but we can't really think of any reasons why it shouldn't work for basic news and financial reporting. The colour can come from local correspondents but with the web, Skype and a bright reporter in Bangalore, what is a local reporter going to add to the basics?

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