Without their own millionaire benefactor in a sailor cap, however, many high school journalism programs across the state and country are struggling to stay afloat. In an era of tight school budgets, high-stakes testing and changing news consumption habits, the once time-honored tradition of offering students the chance to be newspaper reporters has joined the list of school activities becoming obsolete for today's students. Newspapers are forced to scale back, move online to save printing costs — and often eventually dry up.