A sample front page of the Sioux City Journal |
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | Lee Enterprises |
| Publisher | Ron Peterson |
| Editor | Mitch Pugh |
| Founded | August 20, 1864 |
| Headquarters | 515 Pavonia St. Sioux City, IA 51105 United States |
| Circulation | 40,626 Daily 41,894 Sunday[1] |
| Official website | SiouxCityJournal.com |
The Sioux City Journal is the daily newspaper of Sioux City, Iowa. The publication covers western Iowa and portions of Nebraska and South Dakota.
It is owned by Lee Enterprises Inc.
The paper was named one of the "10 that do it right" by the publishing trade journal Editor and Publisher in 2009.[1]
George and Henry Perkins bought the Sioux City Weekly Journal in 1869. It became a daily newspaper a year later. (George Perkins later served in the U.S. House of Representatives.)
Noted political cartoonist Jay Norwood Darling, better known as "Ding," worked for the Journal between 1900 and 1906. He later won two Pulitzer Prizes for the Des Moines Register and Leader. He is buried in Sioux City.[2]
The paper operated on the southwestern corner of 5th and Douglas streets from 1915 to 1972.[3] It also partially owned radio station KSCJ.
Lee Enterprises Inc., of Davenport, Iowa, bought the paper in 2002. Hagadone Corp., of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, and Howard Publications Inc., of Oceanside, Calif., had jointly owned it.