Speaking the other day at the International Symposium on Online Journalism in Texas, online publishing consultant Vin Crosbie struck a note of caution. It's all well and good that so many people are
reading news on the Web, he said, but that doesn't spell the end of print newspapers--nor does it assure that Net news is up to the quality standards of its more mature cousin. "There is much less
revenue in online journalism than in print and down the line, if newspapers have a downward trend in readership, then online journalism could follow," Crosbie said. He added that readers might go to
a print newspaper five or six times a day, but might only use a Web site six to eight times each month.
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