I agree that we need to see more integration between print and Web editorial processes. I think eventually there will no longer be a distinction between print and web editors and we'll see editors who are platform independent, particularly as print requirements start to change based on Web readers' demands.

I agree with @ecologicjess, web and print do need to collaborate as one cohesive magazine team that shares and distributes skills equally across platforms. Too often print and web are seen as separate entities and, unfortunately, it can end up being an us-and-them situation. That's not the best strategy for the brand.

J, that's true, but in my mind that doesn't reflect skills or talent - it's just job description. The same way that an editor at one magazine might edit stories about food and at the next job edit health.

I think we need to integrate our web and print teams as one team so we can look at individual skill and apply it where it's most needed on more of a day-to-day basis.

Plus, the golden rule for online is to not necessarily rush it out, but you definitely dont send it through two or three cycles of copy editing before you hit submit. Quality suffers for timeliness and hits online, print is all about being thorough. Am I wrong?

I agree with @emmamwoolley theory #2, print editors think web eds are too different and they are less skilled. Stories can be shorter and since they are often written on shorter timelines unfortunately I think most print editors don't feel that they are as well researched. It is unfortunate though, since as we are progressing,online editors are becoming more and more invaluable since they have a beat on what is happening at the moment, they work at a faster pace, and often they can be edgier. I think print editors could learn a lot from how things are done online...I think they need to be more adaptable, print is not god, after all, you could always take an online story and blow it out in more detail in print. We have certainly seen more influence in print advertising from online. If print editors don't change though, it will be one more reason to justify it's challenge as a viable medium.

I think that there can be a disconnect between the print and web teams in a publication. They don't understand each other and therefore, may collaborate and cooperate less than they could.

In a good newsroom print and web eds contribute to respective products all the time. Not to do that would be hurting yourself

3 theories:
1) web eds have zero time so don't contribute to print
2) print eds think web eds too different, less skilled.
3) to maintain brand consistency/style, though i guess if that were the case, web eds would contribute to print as well.