I agree with you completely. I tend to read more of the news when I have it in my hands.

I believe by the time my generation passes (I am approaching my mid 40′s), paper will be a thing of the past.

While I read plenty of things on line, I like the feeling of having a paper in my hands.

In theory, sure.

In reality, it’s multiple keystrokes because every story must be ported from print to Web with varying degrees of human assistance.

We use DTI for the print product and Drupal for the online version. (Our blogs, meanwhile, are run on Movable Type.) Getting DTI and Drupal two to work together – let’s say it’s a shotgun marriage that works some nights better than others.

It’s a little like writing in MS Word (or Notepad), then pasting it into whatever Web publishing software program you use.

And don’t get me started on photos.

No, I don’t know why there isn’t one publishing program that does all of that as well as handle the ads for both print and online.

Actually, I think I might have answered my own question.

If you look at the bigger papers, they’re starting to get that the print edition isn’t going to last. Some bigger papers still have website newsrooms and print newsrooms that are completely separate. The Washington Post, for instance, is finally integrating, but their web people aren’t even located in D.C. (mostly for union reasons, though). It’s just a matter of time before papers realize the web is the only place their readership has grown in nearly 30 years.