Capital mistakes: the drop in the number of state-house reporters is all wrong. (From the Editor).(Brief Article)

American Journalism Review,  June, 2002  by Rieder, Rem

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I'm no stranger to state capitals.

In 1972, it was my pleasure to cover the Berrigan trial, a fascinating affair in which the Nixon administration charged a bunch of Catholic lefties with plotting to, among other things, blow up steam tunnels and kidnap Henry Kissinger.

The downside was that I had to spend 13 weeks in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania's capital. Now for all I know Harrisburg today is Paris on the Susquehanna. But back then it was one sleepy town.

Years later, I spent a couple of years in New Jersey's capital as managing editor of the Trenton Times. It was a great ...

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