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Cash-Strapped Papers Take Scribes Off Trail  

Posted Mar 26, 08 8:02 PM CDT in Politics    Editor's Choice

(newser) – The decline in the number of writers attached to presidential campaigns is “striking,” the New York Times reports—with only five newspapers trying to follow the candidates full-time. With per-person travel costs at $30,000, or more, a month, cash-strapped outlets are choosing not to foot the bill. The cost, some observers say, is that readers have fewer perspectives available.

One professor isn’t that torn up: “I’m not sure too much is lost. What’s the advantage of being the 50th guy on the bus?” Bloggers have rushed to fill the void, relying largely on YouTube footage and on conference calls engineered by the campaigns. Still, "we'd all like to be able to be out there,” said a grounded USA Today scribe.

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Cash-Strapped Papers Take Scribes Off Trail
Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., visits with media aboard her campaign plane.   (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Cash-Strapped Papers Take Scribes Off Trail
Barack Obama boards his plane   (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Cash-Strapped Papers Take Scribes Off Trail
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill.   (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Cash-Strapped Papers Take Scribes Off Trail
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama speaks to press on his plane; the cost of traveling with candidates has forced many news organizations to pull staffers off the campaign trail.   (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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