Stefano Fendrich had only been editor in chief of the Daily Trojan for a few weeks when he received bad news. The University of Southern California’s Student Life office told him the paper had a budget deficit of $80,000, print was being cut from daily to three days a week and his staff would no longer be paid, Fendrich said. Read more...

Photo: A collage of student newspapers including the Daily Trojan, the University Daily Kansan, the Daily Collegian and the Indiana Daily Student. College newspapers across the country are facing budget cuts threatening the future of their print newspapers. (Photos courtesy of Henry Kofman/Daily Trojan, Marissa Meador/Indiana Daily Student, Chad Cushing/University Daily Kansan and Kate Hildebrand/The Collegian. Collage by Lindsey Murto/Design director)