"Absolutely essential" is how Tony Joseph, CEO and co-founder of Mindworks Global Media, described the need for editorial outsourcing.
Joseph, who spoke today during the first session of the World Editors Forum, illustrated the necessity for outsourcing and described its ability to alter cost-structure. Joseph believes outsourcing can lower costs while still maintaining core-proposition.
"Up to 75 percent of news desks daily work can be outsourced," Joesph says. "To significantly alter core-structure, outsourcing is key."
Joesph also explained the "three-ring-structure" strategy, a system already in use that he believes can "do more with less," which is the topic of this year's forum. The structure consists of three rings that make up the newspaper staff.
The inner ring of the system contains the in-house staff of editors and reporters. The middle ring consists of the outsourcing team: copy editors, design team, and page layout. The outer ring is comprised of the community. Joseph says this design allows you to do more for your community as well as to better prepare and refocus for the future. It is this preparation that Joseph says is the biggest gain of editorial outsourcing.
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