New Haven Newspaper Outsources Coverage to India

The New Haven Advocate recently decided to take a page from Pasadena Now and outsource some stories to India.  Theirs, however, was only a one-time experiment.  The end result?

Call us old-school, but we think good, old-fashioned shoe-leather journalism is worth the price. Outsourcing could certainly fill pages, probably very cheaply, but what's lost is the very essence of local newspapers: presence. At city hall, the local music club or out on the street talking up average folks, presence is what sets local newspapers (dinosaurs though they are sometimes) apart, and what outsourced news could never replace. But don't take our word for it. Have a read and decide for yourself.

The sex columnist was pretty funny though.