Finally -- An American news organization expands its overseas' coverage
Hollywood Reporter has a story today that ABC News will be setting up mini-bureaus in a handful of locations around the world.
According to HR the offices will be staffed by a reporter-producer with the latest in hand-held digital technology. (Sounds like a Bloomberg bureau to me...)
The mini-bureaus are being opened in Seoul; Rio de Janeiro; Dubai; New Delhi and Mumbai, India; Jakarta, Indonesia; and Nairobi, Kenya.
This is a good start. But still only one in Latin America?
Still, as I said this is a good start.
I am only surprised that it has taken big network so long to realize what Bloomberg knew years ago. The technology is there to report and deliver high-quality video and sound. All it takes is an understanding by the corporate bean counters and the editors that international news (besides wars, coups, and natural disasters) is worth reporting.
Find this article at:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3i47e6403b3602038866ba096cb9fcdc29