• Editor & Publisher, Friday, March 24, 2006 11:30 AM

Editor & Publisher, which is producing some impressive work these days about the beleaguered industry it serves, this week gives us Part 1 of a series on the ever more intimate connection between newspapers and the Internet.  The Net remains much feared among many journeymen newspaper pros, they explain, but the days of ignoring the medium are gone. Forever.  Today, forward-thinking papers and their leaders are embracing the Web and all the opportunities it brings both to their advertisers and their readers.  E&P's report is rife with examples of companies that are doing it right.  "Although newspapers have been reporting via the Web for more than a decade, the extent to which online newspaper reports have expanded to include more video and audio elements, constant breaking news, and the exploding world of blogs, online columns, and reader feedback is nearly limitless," writes Joe Strupp, author of this week's E&P special report.   "With podcasts, daily streaming reports, and other visual images, newspapers are combining their newsroom talent with the Web's immediacy and high-tech presentations to revolutionize news coverage well beyond the morning paper."  It's a solid, well-sourced piece. E&P promises that Part 2 will focus on the "headaches" the Web has brought to newsrooms across the country.

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