Sure, the news gatherers had begun to report this event and maybe, surprisingly enough, even milk it a little.

But all those news gatherers, from all across the nation, had gone home.

"The rest of our news gatherers are out in the field, going to matches, press conferences and writing pieces."

Of course, if news gatherers and government agencies were to respond to every placard-bearing protester, they would have time for little else.

But I don't favor being virtually banished to the mortal world as a news gatherer.

"How will you be content just to relay facts to news gatherers on earth," someone asked, "when your writing is so personal and subjective?"

Competitors suggested that Fox had been too willing to surrender its independence as a news gatherer.

That, of course, is a pressure for editors and news gatherers.

FOR starters, young news gatherers have to know how to use technology wisely.

These are the questions, according to the play, that most interest the news gatherers.