My Sister is a newspaper photographer. She says that her paper is moving toward the photographers becoming Multi Media producers. They're being trained to shoot digital Vid Eo which can be used for the paper's Web Site, then grab frames to make the stills used in print. She says at least one major city paper is already using frame-grabs for their front-page "photo". (Newspaper Publishing)
Mar'2008 update: another approach they're taking is the Aud Io Slide Show, using Voice Over over the story participants with stills. She just did one of these for a story about Veronique Moses, who's helping African refugees in Salt Lake City who are getting kicked out of their apartment building since the Land Lord changed. (Go leave a comment for her!)