Despite Downturn, Some Newsrooms Persist in Costly Fight for Records – NYTimes.com

Despite Budgets, Some Newsrooms Persist in Costly Fight for Records

As journalism budgets continue to wither, some companies are taking aggressive action, but other smaller publications have had to let go of those efforts.

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/15/business/media/15hearst.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Indeed, as many companies have cut newsroom budgets they are also scaling back on another of their civic duties: legal battles to gain access to government information.