JOURN 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Beat Reporting, Rocky Mountain News, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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~100 150 per year 2009 2011. Reduced circulation at major (former) dailies cut to print only on select days. 35% reduction in newspaper reporters covering state legislatures. Major reductions of regional newspapers have dc bureaus. Major reductions in foreign bureaus first to get cut. Movement away from beat reporting in exchange for general assignments . Most experienced (expensive reporters) were first job cuts. Chicago sun times cut entire photo department in 2013. Separation from reporting and advertising sides of a news organization. Sports illustrated rated reporters" beneficial-ness to advertisement relationship. Do more with less loss of institutional memory tendency toward pack journalism rise of click-driven journalism. Reporting on extreme/outrageous bills, reporting on things that large audiences care about (not much focus on minority) Local government seen as stepping stone job. Men, older generations, republicans, independents are more likely to have left a news outlet.
