I’ve been focusing a lot on how convergence in the newsroom is affecting photographers as I worked on my lesson on displaying photographs on the screen for my Introduction to Photography class. As I’ve been surfing around looking at different newspaper websites, I’ve been amazed by the differences in quality and subject of the different papers multimedia and videography efforts. Some newspapers’ photo staffs like the San Jose Mercury News are posting video and slide shows everyday. Other papers like the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette have hired a videographer to enhance the multimedia offerings on their website. The Star-Tribune in Minneapolis is also publishing some excellent feature video packages.

But, above them all sits the Naples Daily News. The Naples Daily News Studio 55 daily newscast /podcast and PrepZone Playbook go all out. In a market that is not locally served by a TV station, the Naples Daily News has filled the gap and gathered up their advertisers as they went. Just think how many local markets that are not served or under served by TV that could be filled in with online newscasts