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Post by Logan on Feb 9, 2017 17:54:38 GMT -6
Student-run college newspapers across Iowa are feeling familiar newspaper industry trend repercussions, reporting fewer print readers but increased online readership as young readers increasingly get their news from digital sources. “I honestly don’t think any students on our campus read our newspaper, especially the physical copy,” said Ashley Smith, senior editor in chief at the Simpsonian at Simpson College in Indianola. “We distribute every Thursday, and I will come around the next Thursday and about the same size stack of papers will be sitting there. If I do see someone reading it, I actually get really excited.” College newspaper staff members, students and faculty advisers have seen these shifts in recent years: Read more: www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/business/2017/02/09/iowa-college-based-newspapers-adapt-digital-readers/97562826/
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