CNN Looking to Cut Costs By Hiring One-Man Bureaus -- Or Is It?

Talk about cutting to the bone, CNN is planning on hiring sole individuals in various domestic cities as “all-platform journalists” in “one-person shops,” the cable network announced from its Atlanta heavens today.
The journos will typically carry hand-held cameras, a laptop, an air card, a satellite phone and maybe some lights, according to the CNN VP of Newsgathering Nancy Lane.
CNN wants to hire journalists on the cheap who will be able to piece together stories on the fly that can possibly used on broadcast, radio, Internet or even mobile programming.