A reporter can make more money working with a scopist! Here is an example that clearly demonstrates how this can be done:
Day 1 Reporter A with scopist Appearance Fee: $75 200 pgs @ $2: $400 Copy order: 200 pgs @ $1: $200
Reporter B without scopist Appearance Fee: $75 200 pgs @ $2: $400 Copy order: 200 pgs @ $1: $200
They each make $675 for the day. Day 2 Reporter A with scopist Appearance Fee: $75 200 pgs @ $2: $400 Copy order: 200 pgs @ $1: $200 Makes $675 for that day
Reporter B without scopist Scoping own work: $0
Makes $0 for that day
Reporter A pays $1.15 per page to scopist ($230) and ends up with $445 for the day.
Reporter B spent the day scoping the job from Day 1 herself and made no money on Day 2! So Reporter A makes $890 (after the $460 paid to scopist) for the two days and Reporter B makes $675. Reporter A makes $215 more than Reporter B, plus the scopist is tax deductible! So a busy reporter can be losing money if not using a scopist.