The libreoffice suite has an interesting feature which wasn't recognized by the public yet. The feature is called siimply text box or frame and allows to transform Libreoffice into a software similar to Scribus. But let us slow down the workflow and bit. Suppose the idea is not to create a text but a newspaper with multiple columns. The existing Libreoffice or LaTeX software is not suited well enough for the task because a newspaper is working visual.
Instead of using a different software, the idea is to built around the frame concept the document structure. The interesting fact is that the frames in Libreoffice can be linked together, similar what Scribus provides. So the user can define different frames and let the text flow in this structure.
The screenshot shows the rendered pdf file. The interesting situation is that the filesize is very small (34 kb which includes the png image) and very important the user can create as many columns he like. He has the freedom of a layout software but can handle text in the frames.