Editor’s Note: This article was written for Mosaic, an independent journalism training program for high school and college students who report and photograph stories under the guidance of professional journalists.

I’m a news editor at my school newspaper, The Voice, in Fremont. Every month, when we make our rounds to distribute newspapers to our classmates, more of my peers decline to take one. I’ve had my fair share of awkward stares and mumbled “no”s as students look back at their phone screens in response, as I ask them if they’d like a newspaper.

It’s a feeling shared by other student journalists. Janet Guan, opinions editor at Mission San Jose High’s student paper, The Smoke Signal, said, “In recent years, the enthusiasm for reading news and just reading our school’s paper has decli

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