Dear YOU,

We launched wOw Reports with the hopes of it growing into a new kind of area for what’s happening in your neck of the woods.

We are thrilled with the overwhelming comments. Please keep the storytelling and the reportage going … Meanwhile, below are just a few of the many comments that sparked thoughtful conversation among the wowOwow community and the staff.

As this section continues to grow, we will continue to find ways to highlight your wOw-worthy work, and please know that your suggestions (and even your criticisms) are helping us develop new content on the site.

Thank you,
The wowOwow Staff

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By Kagan K on 07/07/2009 9:42 pm

Ah, yes.  Anyone who has had to spend a couple of hours on the phone for computer tech support trying to understand through a thick accent talking to "Frank" or "Joe" in India or Columbia curses the day they sent those jobs overseas.  I had a long discussion with one of them about our jobs being outsourced and, of course, they defended it righteously because they lives have so improved……but at our sacrifice, unfortunately. 

I spent 30 years working my way up through the ranks to the top of my field as an animation designer….one of the few women in the industry, only to lose it to seven other countries.    Before that I lost my work as an animator to Japan.  I am just one of the many who had to re-invent themselves in my late 50’s in "entry level" positions making a third of my previous income.   Never to make up for what I lost.  But, eventually, I was lucky enough to find  work in another field that is near and dear to me…..working with autistic children.   Much more rewarding.

Namastae.

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By F Fox on 07/10/2009 5:40 am

What news matters to me? The news behind the news. Too much news these days contains a high percentage of spin, in content or in arrangement of the story. Too much news reads as if it should be in the op-ed section. I want to know what’s really going on, not what someone thinks sells in Peoria, Riyadh, or elsewhere.