A USA Today employee, responding to a question I posed here, says the company's stance on videos is that reporters will produce them on top of their regular duties."We are expected to do it all,'' the staffer told Gannett Blog in an e-mail. "In practice, it will mean fewer stories are produced as reporters will have to take more time reporting and filing each story that they take on. Twice as much time or more, probably. This may not be seen as a major problem by the suits as more and more stories from Gannett's other newspapers are being used to fill space and plug coverage holes in the print editions of USAT. "
The e-mail continues: "Now maybe the suits are right and video is the future of newspapering. I'm not saying it isn't. But, they must recognize they are combining greater work demands on a shrinking workforce."
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