CNN is going to take a different approach and it will expand its U.S. newsgathering by adding new reporters. According to Reuters, despite the fact that other news agencies are in a budget-cutting period, CNN will station reporters in 10 smaller cities, including Seattle and Columbus, Ohio. CNN already has 10 news bureaus in the U.S.

Nancy Lane, CNN senior vp domestic newsgathering, said that CNN would install an “all-platform journalist” in Columbus, Ohio; Denver; Houston; Las Vegas; Minneapolis; Orlando, Fla.; Philadelphia; Phoenix; Raleigh-Durham, N.C.; and Seattle.

“Technology has changed so dramatically that we can change how we actually operate. A lot of what we were doing is, if you will, an old-fashioned approach to newsgathering,” said Nancy Lane, according to Reuters.

An “all-platform journalist” will carry with him a “handled camera, a laptop, an air card, a satellite phone and maybe some lights,” explained Nancy Lane, adding that it would be easier for the journalist to travel with these objects than “with a full load of traditional news gear.”

Every reporter will have to take part in all of CNN’s platforms, including TV, online, radio and mobile programming, having to work with other reporters and correspondents.

“What makes the difference is how we're able to get out, spread those journalists to more places and how quickly we can bring back original reporting to our viewers,” explained Nancy Lane.

It’s possible that new journalists will get hired but it’s more likely that most of the journalists will come from other parts of the country, given the fact that they are already familiar with the technology.

CNN has bureaus in Chicago, Boston, Dallas, Atlanta, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Francisco and D.C.