CNN Worldwide says it will add 15 or 16 correspondents to its existing staff of 150 in an effort to generate more original news content, at an expense of just under $10 million dollars.
CNN’s announcement comes two months after the network said it wouldn’t renew its contract with Reuters and would instead boost its own news resources.
According to an AP story, the focus of the expansion is the CNN bureau in the United Arab Emirates, where it currently operates CNN.com Arabic. The network will increase staff in Hong Kong, hire staff in Johannesburg and Mexico City and start news operations in Afghanistan, Belgium, India, Kenya, Malaysia, Nigeria, the Philippines, Poland and Vietnam.