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Another Newspaper Shutters Capitol Bureau

[courtesy of The California Majority Report]

The Stockton Record closed its one-reporter Sacramento bureau yesterday, the latest in a string of newspapers that have shuttered their capital bureaus.

Hank Shaw, the enterprising and insightful reporter who manned the bureau, will be looking for new employment. Shaw, a long time political reporter, wrote daily stories as well as a news-breaking blog on the conservative paper's website. A solid reporter, Shaw regularly beat larger bureaus to stories and recently had the most in-depth courage of the aborted Denham recall.

The closure of the Record's bureau marks the latest cutback by California media in Sacramento. Newspapers as large as the Los Angeles Times, as well as other small bureaus, such as the Bakersfield Californian, have either faced cuts or been closed.

Only the Sacramento Bee has not experienced cutbacks. However, rumors are swirling that the McClatchy newspaper is being cut down in size as readership continues to decline and ad revenues fall.

Bob There! (New Hampshire)

by Kim Stevens [courtesy of Party Line]


I just got off the phone with Bob Mulholland, reporting in from New Hampshire.  He’s been braving the snow back east since late last week and has already attended several rallies, including Edwards, Obama and Clinton. 

Bob described lots of excitement and momentum, with the Democratic candidates drawing huge crowds -- and the multiple Republicans, well, not so much.  Although Bob did say that the Ron Paul campaign had several dozen "volunteers" on the phones drumming up support.

Bob stopped by a local diner (as did Sacramento NBC affiliate political reporter Kevin Riggs) to check out Huckabee (and possible vice presidential candidate Chuck Norris?), but apparently Huckabee’s campaign is in such disarray that Mike and Chuck had come and gone an hour before scheduled.

Hopefully Bob will get another chance to see Walker, Texas Ranger in action!

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