Reader Debate — Outsourcing Journalism Jobs To India
Journalism jobs in the US are being outsourced to India. HT reports:
When the Miami Herald hired Brayden Simms as a fulltime copy editor back in March, the former freelancer assumed his new position meant new job security. He had it wrong: In mid-June, the Florida native learned that his job had been outsourced to Mindworks Global Media, a Noida-based firm that is among the companies fueling a steady migration of American journalism jobs to India.Another such editing shop in Gurgaon, Express KCS, puts it down to the low cost of jobs.
... a copy editor at a medium-sized American newspaper makes between $30,000 to $60,000 per year, compared to between $4,800 and $14,480 at Express KCS.Simms, the copy editor who lost his job, is understandably distressed at this sudden and unexpected loss.
"It's a bit scary, to be out of a job, in an industry particularly lacking of jobs. And it's all so sudden," he wrote on his blog.Jobs Media throws the floor open to readers. What do they feel about this new trend in journalism? While it is a boon for media professionals in India, would these newspapers based abroad suffer a fall in editorial standards due to geographical and cultural differences?
Does this practice have a future, or will it fall flat very soon?
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This is a rediculous development. Nobody in their right mind will kill journalism in this manner. It is truly a sad picture of what journalism could become.
ReplyDeleteI know one thing - it means there will be more jobs for journalists in India. But just because it saves the newspapers a few pennies, does it make sense to risk their editorial standards?
ReplyDeleteIf editorial standards mean cutting a T and dotting an I then it will surely fall. As Indian newspapers are full of errors --grammatical, typos, keep aside factual -- it will be reflected in the US newspapers too. And as far as I understand there aren't many Sanjays (the man gifted with a magical sight in Mahabharata) in Indian media who would be able to gauge what happened in Miami sitting in Gurgaon. However, it will deinitely present some opportunities for people with command over the English language.
ReplyDeleteWe had heard about call centre jobs bieng outsourced but the journalism jobs. It seems to be a very scary trend. Being a journalist myself, I know that there is dearth of good and competent people on desk. There is always a flood of application but not the competent people. So there is a big possibilty that many of these will find a job in the outsourcing firms dealing with journalism related outsourced jobs. No organisation would like to temper with thier journalistic standards and if US media houses want to then they run the risk of downgrading themselves just to save few bucks
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