The State Journal (Frankfort)
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) |
Frankfort Newsmedia (Boone Newspapers) |
| Founder(s) | John Meloan |
| Publisher | Steve Stewart[1] |
| Editor | Josh Bergeron [2] |
| General manager | Catherine Boone[3] |
| Founded | January 7, 1900 |
| Language | English |
| City | Frankfort, Kentucky |
| Country | United States |
| Website |
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The State Journal is a broadsheet newspaper mainly serving Frankfort, the capital of Kentucky, and the rest of Franklin County.
The paper is a descendent of The Kentucky State Journal, which originally was an eight-page, six-column Democratic morning daily. The Kentucky State Journal was established January 7, 1900, by John Meloan, its first editor and manager.
On February 9, 1911, The Kentucky State Journal united with The Frankfort News to become The Frankfort News-Journal. Shortly thereafter, on June 20, 1912, the paper gained its current name under editor Graham Vreeland.
The paper now prints Monday through Friday with a weekend edition. It was published by Frankfort Publishing, L.L.C., a subsidiary of Dix Communications of Wooster, Ohio, for 53 years until 2015. At that time, it was sold to Frankfort Newsmedia, an affiliate of Boone Newspapers.[4] It has a daily circulation of 7,729 and a Sunday circulation of 10,229.
The editor is Josh Bergeron, who's held the position since October 2017. Carl West, a member of the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame, was the longtime editor of the newspaper.
References
- Jillson, Willard Rouse. "The Newspapers and Periodicals of Frankfort, Kentucky 1795–1945." Published 1945. Kentucky State Historical Society, Frankfort, Kentucky. Print.
- Wheatley, Kevin. "Longtime editor of The State Journal retiring", December 1, 2012. State Journal article republished on Kentucky Press Association website on December 3. http://www.kypressonline.com/blog/?p=2810
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