Now More Than Ever: Help a Reporter Out

These days, more than ever, you really do have to help a reporter out, as Peter Shankman says. Speaking with a longtime reporter from a major US daily newspaper last week, she stressed just how drastic budget cuts have been to the business.

She said, and I’m paraphrasing, “What happens when the Milwaukee Journal Sentinal stops sending people to DC? If you think it’s bad what’s going on now, what’s going to happen when they have no one watching them?” The assertion was that new outlets such as Politico and the major national dailies don’t have resources to cover every politician.

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