The American Journalism Review [AJR.org] recently posted an intriguing article about the dilemmas that many young journalists face in deciding upon a career in the “dying” medium of newspapers.

Trautwein, like other young journalists I interviewed, find themselves torn by competing emotions. They love their jobs but fear [daily] newspapers are dinosaurs. They value what papers do but find them often dull, out of touch and sluggish. They respect older colleagues but are bewildered at things they don’t know. They have lots of ideas but limited power. And they have passion for their craft but are positioning themselves for a future that may leave newspapers behind.

- Caught in the Contradictions, by Carl Sessions Stepp

Some of the frustration felt by the under-30 crowd could be traced to the paper’s web presence: