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. 

Thank you for the email, dear.

salam,

Simone

On Oct 3, 2007, at 4:02 PM, Gorelick, Steve wrote:

I thought this might be of interest to my J-list colleagues.

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. 

But check out this story that appeared today in the Hollywood Reporter of all places. 

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i47e6403b3602038866ba096cb9fcdc29

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. 

Cool, huh?  Let's see what excuse they come up with now to ignore Africa.

 

Steve