New Orleans daily forced to go online to reach readers

As it was for three days during Hurricane Katrina, The Times-Picayune of New Orleans has been forced to take its daily operation online because of the effects of Hurricane Gustov. The paper's office is currently using generators to provide enough electricity to create and upload PDF copies of the paper to their website.

Peter Kovacs, a managing editor at the newspaper, said a print edition was possible Wednesday, though a PDF version was likely regardless because residents remained scattered.

“We're hopeful that we're going to have power back today,” he said. “Power and the ability of people to return to the city are sort of the two challenges right now. We can publish a newspaper with the people who are in the building right now.

The paper's circulation has taken a hit since Katrina, while their online audience has grown. That trend may continue in the aftermath of the current storm. Click here to read more.