The San Jose Mercury News opened its doors to San Jose City College journalism students on Nov. 13.

A tour of the Mercury News revealed the remaining demand for print newspapers.

The Mercury News produces approximately 200,000 newspapers Monday through Saturday, with a 50,000 increase on Sunday.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning San Jose Mercury News continues to feed its readers in spite of rampant newspaper closures by moving forward in the digital age, maintaining a website and an iPad app.

“The essence of our business is bringing news to the people, not necessarily as a physical copy on a doorstep,” said Mercury News Prepress Manager Gianna Tabuena-Frolli.

Tabuena-Frolli remains confident in the life of the Mercury News because it began cost cutting sooner than others in the newspaper industry.

The company has also downsized the number of local newspapers in order to meet the demand for larger circulations, such as the Wall Street Journal.

Mark Sheppard, the editor-in-chief of the City College Times newspaper, observed the effects of the downsized company.

“It was a ghost town,” Sheppard said.

The measures the newspaper has taken to remain afloat did convince Sheppard of the Mercury’s future.

“Considering their production of other circulations and their online presence, it seems like they have a good safety net for circulation reduction.”