St. Paul’s beloved newspaper, “The Paper Wolf,” has gone digital starting this school year to save money and paper and bring school media into the digital age. The website for the online publication was created over the summer to replace the physical paper with a digital one.

The creation of the new website, thepaperwolf.com, was spearheaded by Assistant Principal Trevor Watkins who noted that it “significantly” reduces costs to the school as opposed to printing papers every month. “The advantages to the website outweigh printing on paper. It lets us reach more people, and it is permanent and archived, so anyone can find an article they need. Though it was a nice way to read up on the news around St. Paul’s with a newspaper in hand, printing hundreds of papers is not efficient price-wise, environmentally friendly, or viable for the school,” said Watkins.He also noted the benefits of being able to update the site more regularly. “It allows for quick news. If the Student Center collapsed today, it wouldn’t be in the paper for a month and it’d be old news by then. Now, everyone can know what’s going on, including parents,” he said.

Watkins did comment on some of the negative aspects of switching to the internet, however. “As someone who liked to relax and read the paper in the morning, it’s upsetting to have to squint to read on a small screen instead. But, it’s the same thing the Times-Picayune is doing. More and more newspapers are going digital, it just makes more sense to save money and paper. ”

Initial student reception to the digital concept is positive. “I think it’s a great stride towards making St. Paul’s a more environmentally friendly campus,” said one member of the junior class. Another sophomore talked about the benefits of “being able to find on what’s going on around campus.”

“The Paper Wolf” online newspaper is run by the period D Journalism class in the Publication Room of La Salle Hall under the direction of Journalism teacher Christi Simoneaux. The site is maintained and updated weekly. Students of all grade levels are welcome to contribute articles to the site as well by contacting Mrs. Simoneaux at christis@stpauls.com.

The new online publication is available on all digital platforms. Readers can click a button to subscribe to “The Paper Wolf” and choose to be notified via email either immediately, daily, or weekly of new posts.