I think I may have found a kindred spirit in one Chansin Bird. She writes for InkTank, an online blog from the Washington Journalism Center, part of a coalition of Christian colleges. And in her latest post, she writes about her recent revelation to online journalism, something that I have undergone in the past few months as well.

From the looks of her post, it appears that she too was set in her ways as a print journalist. But faced with the facts, she has a more positive attitude. "Perhaps I shouldn't look at the glass as half-empty by being depressed that I'll rarely get to hold my articles in my hand," Ms. Byrd says. "Instead, I can look at the glass as half full by getting excited over the fact that via the Internet countless people have access to my work."

While I'm still a bit wary of what my future job will be - a writer or a writer/podcaster/multimedia guy/cell phone photographer? - I'm trying to adopt a better attitude about it. I still believe there will be a place for the paper edition, but the digital world has gone too far into the industry to die off now. Online is where our "fights will be won", so to speak.