CNN said Tuesday it's adding journalists in 10 cities from Philadelphia to Seattle to offer broader, more nimble TV and online coverage of news nationwide.
The move comes as newspapers and other media companies are forced into cutbacks and layoffs because of sweeping changes triggered by the growth of the Internet and because of the slumping U.S. economy.
Each city testament get one person world Health Organization can provide "grassroots spirit level" coverage of breaking tidings and other local stories, said Nancy Lane, senior vice president of the United States of newsgathering for CNN/U.S.
The mix of traditional general assignment reporters and "all-platform journalists" may be based at affiliate stations, colleges or even at place, Lane aforementioned, with the best available technology to file moving-picture show and picture reports via laptop computers and PDAs.
Some of the new jobs may be filled by correspondents nowadays with CNN's daytime and prime-time programs, the mesh said.
Besides Philadelphia and Seattle, the journalists will be located in Columbus, Ohio; Denver; Houston; Las Vegas; Orlando, Fla.; Phoenix; the Raleigh, N.C., area; and Minneapolis, Minn., where the approach was tested and is in operation.
CNN, owned by Time Warner Inc., has bureaus in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C.
With zephyr travel more and more complicated and time-consuming, CNN wanted a way to respond more quickly to breaking news everywhere, Lane said.
The enlargement represents a "sizable commitment in dollars," Lane aforementioned, declining to provide specifics. Hiring is under mode, and the timetable is to catch the fresh positions filled by the end of March 2009.
Support staff for the journalists will be added in some hub bureaus.
CNN is trying to do something "new and different," Lane said. "If we don't do this, where's the industry in 10 years?" she said.
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