Newspaper editors may be grumpy in general, but most are upbeat about the industry’s prospects, according to a new survey of newsroom trends.

Some 85 percent of editors are very or somewhat optimistic about the future of their papers, said the survey, which was commissioned by the Paris-based World Editors Forum and Reuters.

That may strike you as a surprise. After all, newspapers are everyone’s example No. 1 of old media trying to remain prosperous as its lunch gets eaten by free news on the Internet, mobile phones and blogs.

Other results:

- 35 percent of editors believe print will be the most common medium for news over the next decade

- Nearly 60 percent believe news will be produced via digital media such as online (40 percent), mobile telephones (11 percent) and e-papers (7 percent).
 
The survey, which was conducted by Zogby International, sampled a spread of regional and national editors, with around half from Europe and a smaller number from Asia and the United States.

(Reporting by Gavin Haycock in London; Editing by Robert MacMillan in New York)