Are DC Bureaus Worth Saving?

For many, the decline in Washington reporting by local newspapers is another symptom of the crisis plaguing traditional media. Cuts to Washington bureaus have been met with alarm about the death watchdog journalism, raising concerns that journalists might no longer patrol the halls of Congress, rooting out corruption and keeping local representatives on task.

There are now 33 states in the US with no local newspaper staff on Capitol Hill. The number of regional and local newspaper journalists in Washington is down by almost a third since the late 1990s, according to a recent Pew Report.

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