http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2006/11/21/forget-crowdsourcing-how-bout-outsourcing-journalism-altogether/ Thoughts on Web 2.0, Social Media, Marketing. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:30:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2006/11/21/forget-crowdsourcing-how-bout-outsourcing-journalism-altogether/comment-page-1/#comment-27732 More China Consulting Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:48:46 +0000 http://www.deepjiveinterests.com/2006/11/21/forget-crowdsourcing-how-bout-outsourcing-journalism-altogether/#comment-27732 Not as convinced with the likelihood of outsourcing news. Sure, those on the ground in an area may be able to report on it, but different areas may care about different slants on the news. An American, a German, and a Brazilian reader may all care about different aspects of a story about Darfur. Outsourcing news to one source will limit the viewpoints and alienate readers by not taking into account their culture. Not as convinced with the likelihood of outsourcing news. Sure, those on the ground in an area may be able to report on it, but different areas may care about different slants on the news. An American, a German, and a Brazilian reader may all care about different aspects of a story about Darfur. Outsourcing news to one source will limit the viewpoints and alienate readers by not taking into account their culture.

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