WHERE HAVE ALL THE NEWSPAPERS GONE

I have always loved newspapers. I worked on two of them the Baltimore Sun and The Washington Star and also the Diamondback at the University of MD. I am married to a journalist. He's worked on many more paper than I have. But we are now involved with trhe internet and get much of our news from the onslaught via cellphone, blackberry,
and you name it.

I still receive my hard copy every morning. By that time I have pretty much been aware of most everything in the news except my horoscope. But if I really want an in-depth report, I like to sit and read a nice fresh paper every day.

Why are they dwindling in size and staff? Is it because no one really cares about the news to want to read it? Or are we just so jaded that we don't have the time to
finish a story that isn't more than 2 paragraphs?

Are we going to let this great tradition of newspapers and in-depth reporting die?
If we have to rely on Cable for news we are doomed.

I have a bet with my son that in five years the papers as we know them will just be delivered on Sundays if that. Maybe they will be available on EBAY.