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> Great, but only if this means freedom of thinking and producing for  
> reporters. Otherwise, the mainstream bullshit will remain the rule  
> everywhere, regardless the amount of people and equipment in the  
> crew. What matters, is what is aired as a final product. It should  
> be aired with integrity, instead of full of bogus alterations made  
> by editors who have to obey the TV station's owner.  When more and  
> more journalists have the freedom to accomplish our duties from a  
> critical and honest perspective, more people worldwide will be able  
> to know about  untold stories in Africa, Iraq ...
> The main question for me is not what we can do with new digital  
> technologies, but how we can work without depending on big  
> corporations to inform people and create awareness.
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> Thank you for the email, dear.
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> salam,
> Simone
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> On Oct 3, 2007, at 4:02 PM, Gorelick, Steve wrote:
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>> I thought this might be of interest to my J-list colleagues.
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>> Foreign bureaus, as many of you know, were one of the first things  
>> to be sacrificed by news organizations trying to save money. And  
>> they were incredibly expensive.
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>> But check out this story that appeared today in the Hollywood  
>> Reporter of all places.
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>> http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/ 
>> e3i47e6403b3602038866ba096cb9fcdc29
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>> Apparently, given the even greater economies provided by new  
>> digital technologies, it may be possible to reestablish bureaus in  
>> places like Africa and Eastern Europe at much less cost.  As one  
>> of those quoted in this story states, costly offices and furniture  
>> may no longer be needed in the age of satellite phones that can  
>> quickly and cheaply transmit print  and radio stories and highly  
>> portable cameras that can produce broadcast quality footage.
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>> Cool, huh?  Let's see what excuse they come up with now to ignore  
>> Africa.
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>>
>> Steve
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