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Today’s Washington Press Corps More Digital, Specialized
Number of news staff in Washington inches upward
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- Today’s Washington Press Corps More Digital, Specialized
- In the Washington press corps, niche, digital media expand as print scales back
- Wire services key source of federal government news
- Wire services key source of federal government news
- The makeup of today’s Washington press corps
- Newspaper staff once dominated Press Gallery ranks
- Number of news staff in Washington inches upward
- Niche and digital reporters covering Washington
- Niche and digital outlets expand presence on the Hill
- Newspaper reporters covering Washington
- Shifts felt among accredited newspaper staff
- Fewer daily newspaper reporters in D.C.
- Regional reporting membership rolls decline
- Washington bureaus and states they serve decline further
- Mainstream wire service reporters covering Washington
- Foreign journalists covering Washington
- Foreign magazines in D.C. dip slightly
- Staff working for major broadcast outlets declines
- Core TV news staff declines in D.C.
- Number of TV and radio stations served by corporate bureau in D.C. holds steady
- Wire services account for a majority of the U.S. government news coverage in local newspapers
- Washington-based newspaper staff mainly cover Congress and usually cite congressional sources
- D.C. and non-D.C. correspondents on par in discussing significance of news to local community
- D.C. correspondents focus most on the impact to government or politicians; non-D.C. staff on the impact to citizens
- Governmental action drives the majority of stories
- D.C.-based staff stories are longer
- A third of D.C.-based staff’s stories appear on front page
- Newspapers with D.C. correspondents more likely to focus on how the news impact the government
- Majority of wire coverage is national in scope
- Wire coverage tied less to Congress, more to federal agencies