Cuts in newspaper budgets might suggest a substantially depleted Washington press corps, but a new study by the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism shows the corps is not so much smaller as it is dramatically transformed. While representation by mainstream media has declined, a new sector of niche media coverage has grown. These reporters produce more specialized articles, and for more narrowly targeted and often elite audiences. Also, the number of reporters representing foreign media has grown to nearly 10 times the size it was a generation ago. The number of newspapers accredited to cover Congress has fallen by two-thirds as compared to the 1980s. The number claiming a presence in Washington generally, according to capitol directories, has fallen by more than half.