Multimedia journalists

One of D.C.'s TV news stations has the right idea.

The broadcast station is hiring "multimedia journalists," reporters who will shoot and edit their own stories. WUSA's cameramen will also be changing roles, some of which could even land them on-air.

This is the direction that newspapers need to be heading. One-man multimedia journalists. Reporters who not only investigate and write their own stories, but also shoot some video, edit it and even take some pictures. Add in some blogging and you have an all-around multimedia package that will keep people coming back for more.

Yes, it will take a lot of work on the reporter's part, but honestly, I don't think that's a bad thing with newspapers struggling as much as they are. A little hard work and determination certainly won't hurt anything.