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News Outlets Continue to Maintain Presence in Ira...

By Caroline Wilbert, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Aug. 10--When the full-scale war ended in Ira..., the story didn't.

News executives still are dumping buckets of money into coverage in the region, even though the news doesn't generate the ratings -- or dominate the television newscasts -- the way it did during the war.

Atlanta-based CNN, which had more than 200 staffers in the Ira...i region during the war, now has about 30 spread among several reporting teams. Big-name reporters like Wolf Blitzer and C

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