“In editorial outsourcing, trust is every-thing,” he said.

The publication has more than 220 clients worldwide, both daily newspapers, maga-zines and television, he said. Its Indian proj-ect began five years ago when they partnered with an Indian company which provides support for editorial purposes.

Outsourced employees provide infrastruc-ture with management support and adminis-trative support, he said. However, the Press Association manages their own staff.

The publication’s model has senior execu-tives from UK on site at all times, managing operations including work flow and recruit-ing.

“Now it’s gotten interesting because we’re recruiting our own Indian homegrown edito-rial talent,” he said. “That’s where we want to go.”

Every day, the publication provides pages of national and international news to news-papers in the UK and the deadline for these pages is 8 a.m., he said. The Indians start working on the pages at 7:30 a.m. Indian time.

The Indian team chooses all the wire con-tent, he said. They design the pages to style, write headlines and place items on the page, and they have done all of this while their counterparts in the UK are still in bed.

There’s no question that outsourcing works and lets business focus on what makes its product unique, such as local features and analysis, he said.

“This is not a discussion about replacing your own editorial teams. Outsourcing is never intended to replace your own editorial floor,” he said.

Spencer, detailed his view on editorial outsourcing during the WAN-IFRA 2009 World Newspaper Congress - World Edi-tors Forum. “In editorial outsourcing, trust is everything,” he said.

A UK managing editor says outsourc-ing should not replace editorial staff, but it is helpful.Managing Editor of the Press Association, John Spencer, de-tailed his view on editorial outsourcing during the WAN-IF-RA 2009 World Newspaper Congress - World Editors Forum.