TV STATIONS TRY BACKPACK JOURNALISM.

The article examines a trend in television news broadcasting termed "backpack" journalism. This describes television journalists carrying their own video cameras and operating without either a photographer or editor. The cost cutting practice has been instituted at two Saint Louis, Missouri television stations. Union officials representing television journalists and cameramen express concern that the so-called "one-man bands" could result in a loss of journalism quality as well as costing members' jobs. INSET: The Backpack Story.