Politics | lists What Journos Really Do at the DNC Hint: Most aren't covering anything By Michael Foreman Posted Aug 28, 2008 12:29 PM CDT Copied Reporters interview a Barack Obama impersonator outside the Pepsi Center, Aug. 25, 2008. Many reporters are "mournfully wandering around like Diogenes, looking for stories." (AP Photo, file) See 1 more photo A whopping 15,000 journalists arrived in Denver to cover the Democratic National Convention. The Columbia Journalism Review sent Justin Peters to find out what they're doing: 7,500 mostly mill about: "Only a small number of reporters actually have a reason to be here." 2, 294 pace the parking lot, "mournfully wandering around like Diogenes, looking for stories." 1,026 get drunk. 500 beg for credentials: "It’s Denver’s answer to the Island of Misfit Toys." 62 get massages. 7 take photos with rum mascot Captain Morgan. 1 tries to land an interview with both Morgan and "Democratic legend" Ted Sorenson: "That person is me, and, in this, I am a failure." Follow the link below to see what the rest are up to. Read These Next JD Vance in hot water over birthday boating trip. Two state troopers were shot in Pennsylvania "Rock's forgotten genius" said no to Led Zeppelin. He went to kill a Cape buffalo. Instead, it killed him. See 1 more photo Report an error