re: #4 CuriousLurker

It’s hard to conceive of just how small Israel is. There are US high school papers with a bigger staff than Ynet. Mostly, it’s just stringers from around the country who have other jobs, and write an occasional article. The photo, hidden among the ads, is labeled ‘(archives)’. They don’t have the people power to actually go to the story with a photographer—or, I should say the money to pay the people to go out etc.

Most likely, someone will send in a story, someone at the office will call the cops to confirm, someone else will translate, and they get it out. Many times they will rely on an the AP, Reuters, or AFP. They will spend the resources whenever there is an attack.

And if there weren’t attacks, grass growing is major news.