Campus newspapers thrive | Burlington Free Press

As commercial newspapers founder, many of their college counterparts are doing pretty well — or at least holding their own, which might be one new measure of success in an imperiled industry.

Declining readership of newsprint editions, which afflicts metro dailies around the country, does not seem to be a problem at local campuses. College students — the heart of the young demographic that regular newspapers worry about losing — seem to be avid readers of their campus papers. Never mind online editions, which are popular among parents and alumni. The students themselves are still reading the good old hard copies.

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“The assumption in our office is that most students read the paper on Thursdays when it comes out,” said Scott Garel Greene, an editor-in-chief of The Campus at Middlebury College, “often at breakfast or lunch in the dining hall.”

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