Comments on: Design and copy editing outsourced to India http://graphicdesignr.net/blog/2008/06/24/design-and-copy-editing-outsourced-to-india/ Conversations about journalism, news and design Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:45:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: PiedType http://graphicdesignr.net/blog/2008/06/24/design-and-copy-editing-outsourced-to-india/comment-page-1/#comment-1242 PiedType Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:30:15 +0000 http://graphicdesignr.net/blog/2008/06/24/design-and-copy-editing-outsourced-to-india/#comment-1242 I was already in mourning for the print and publishing industries and really didn't need to see that now copy editing and design jobs are also being outsourced to India. I saw the handwriting on the wall in the mid '90s, as bosses began to think secretaries using Word were nearly as good as trained editors using Pagemaker, and a lot cheaper. It ended with me losing my job in 1998 and, at the age of 55, being unable to find another in publishing. My heart goes out to those losing their jobs now. I was already in mourning for the print and publishing industries and really didn’t need to see that now copy editing and design jobs are also being outsourced to India. I saw the handwriting on the wall in the mid ’90s, as bosses began to think secretaries using Word were nearly as good as trained editors using Pagemaker, and a lot cheaper. It ended with me losing my job in 1998 and, at the age of 55, being unable to find another in publishing. My heart goes out to those losing their jobs now.

]]> By: Wenalway http://graphicdesignr.net/blog/2008/06/24/design-and-copy-editing-outsourced-to-india/comment-page-1/#comment-931 Wenalway Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:57:09 +0000 http://graphicdesignr.net/blog/2008/06/24/design-and-copy-editing-outsourced-to-india/#comment-931 You proved nothing of the sort. What was proved is designers are the dumbest people in the newsroom, and they should have been axed long, long ago. Newspapers should have started their cuts in the design area. You proved nothing of the sort. What was proved is designers are the dumbest people in the newsroom, and they should have been axed long, long ago.

Newspapers should have started their cuts in the design area.

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