Future News: ? Reporting from ?

The City Council passes the local budget. High School A defeats High School B 20-17. A local dentist is badly injured in a car crash.

All of these are typical local newspaper stories, reported on by a small army of usually young, nearly always badly paid reporters. But that may be about to change, and perhaps not in a good way.

Journatic is a company that outsources local news to reporters who cover stories from thousands of miles away. Sometimes, the basic facts of a news story are even assembled overseas. Is this the death of local journalism, or a rebirth? NPR reports.

Questions...

•Does it matter if local stories are written by overseas reporters? Why or why not?

•What type of reporting could a local reporter do better?

•What should a reporter know about Glendale before reporting on it?

What other information jobs could be outsourced?