Another manifestation of the change in how Time and Newsweek operate is the reduction in bureaus around the country and the world. The number of bureaus has dropped for each, though again more in the case of Newsweek than Time. But even more significant is the drop in the number of correspondents in those bureaus.
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Time and Newsweek select years 1983 - 2003
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Project for Excellence in Journalism from magazine staff boxes
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Time and Newsweek select years 1983 - 2003
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Project for Excellence in Journalism from magazine staff boxes
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Together, the drops show again how news-gathering and original reporting have become less and less of the news magazine mission. Newsweek's bureaus have fallen from 29 in 1983 to 20 today.1 [3] Time's have declined from 33 to 24.2 [4] Bureau staffs have seen even steeper cuts. Time's national and international bureau correspondents have decreased from 86 in 1983 to 55 in 2003. Newsweek's have gone from 85 to 47 over the same period.