The Campus Press

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The Campus Press is the University of Colorado's student newspaper. It began as a weekly printed newspaper and became an online daily in 2006. The online edition features a weblog facility for students.

The Campus Press staff comprises approximately 60 editors, reporters and photographers, responsible for providing the online edition with new content at least once a day. Most contributors are members of the University's School of Journalism and Mass Communication, but most other schools are represented too. There are around 20 editors, including campus editors, responsible for editing stories' content; section editors, who construct and assign stories to their respective sections; and online editors, who update and maintain the website. A managing editor and an editor-in-chief oversee the production of daily online editions. Online editions include blogs, slide shows, commentary, news, sports. and features.

The Campus Press was founded by Mal Deans. At the time of its conception, the paper published a printed edition every week. The paper was originally titled "The Working Press." Dave Sikardi was the first student editor. The Campus Press was the first online newspaper in Colorado, beginning in April, 1994.

In August 2006, however, the Campus Press officially launched as an online-only newspaper, abolishing the print edition entirely. The move was not without controversy, and the Campus Press's tagline on their Web site was edited from "CU's only independent student voice" to "CU's only student voice".