The oldest student newspaper in Europe has been saved from closure after its volunteer staff raised more than £3,000 in emergency crowdfunding.in 1887 by the novelist Robert Louis Stevenson, the author of Treasure Island and Kidnapped, who served as its first arts editor.
The title launched an initial fundraising appeal to reach £1,000, but the Scottish newspaper publisher DC Thomson, which publishes the Sunday Post and the Beano, donated £730, to push it above £2,000. By 9.30am on Wednesday, theLucy Jackson, the Student’s president, said: “I’m absolutely blown away. We didn’t expect to get that much support.”
“It’s good in a sense because it allows us to remain editorially independent,” she said. “A lot of our reporting focuses on the university and on how bad they’re doing, really, so it’s really important that we do have that independence.” Local pubs, clubs and restaurants were able to reach students for free through social media, Jackson added.
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