Daily Journal (Franklin, Indiana)

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Daily Journal
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Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s) AIM Media Indiana
PublisherRichard Clark [1]
EditorLeeann Doerflein [2]
FoundedJuly 23, 1963 (1963-07-23)
Language English
Headquarters30 S. Water Street, Suite A,
Franklin, Indiana 46131, United States
Circulation 16,900 daily
17,700 Saturdays [3]
OCLC number 11793729
Website dailyjournal.net

The Daily Journal is an American daily newspaper published Monday through Saturday mornings in Franklin, Indiana. It is owned by AIM Media Indiana.

Contents

It covers the entirety of Johnson County, Indiana, including Bargersville, Edinburgh, Franklin, Greenwood, New Whiteland, Trafalgar , Whiteland and White River Township.

In addition to the daily newspaper, the Daily Journal also produces the Edinburgh Courier, a weekly newspaper published on Wednesdays in Edinburgh. The newspaper formerly produced The Crier, which served Camp Atterbury, but this is no longer produced.

The Daily Journal has won several Indiana journalism awards, including the Blue Ribbon Daily award from the Hoosier State Press Association, most recently in 2022. [4] The newspaper won a Blue Ribbon two other times, in 2009 and 2015, and is the only daily paper in its publishing group to win the award.

History

Robert N. Brown started the Daily Journal in July 1963 as a sister paper to The Republic in Columbus, Indiana, which his grandfather had started in 1872 and which covered Bartholomew County, which adjoins Johnson County to the south. [5]

The newspaper stayed in the family until being purchased by AIM Media in late 2015. Daily newspapers in Johnson County date back to the 1880s, and when the Daily Journal debuted it joined a newspaper war with The Franklin Evening Star, which had a history dating back to 1881. After six years, the war ended, with the Daily Journal absorbing its afternoon competitor in December 1969. [6] The newspaper also purchased The Franklin Evening Star's sister publication, the Edinburgh Daily Courier, as part of the deal. [7]

In February 2012, Home News Enterprises, the publisher of the paper, announced that with newspaper printing consolidated at the company's presses in Columbus, the Daily Journal planned to sell its plant on U.S. 31 to KYB Americas, an auto-parts manufacturer, and relocate its newsroom and business offices to the historic Hazelett building in downtown Franklin. [8] Indiana-based Bemis Group, a commercial construction firm, managed the project to renovate the Hazelett building. Today, the space includes a bicycle company, bakery and wellness company. [9]

In November 2015, Home News Enterprises announced that it was selling the Daily Journal and its sister newspapers, online and commercial properties to AIM Media Indiana, an affiliate of AIM Media Texas. [10] AIM Media continues to be the publisher of the newspaper.

Special Publications

Along with the Edinburgh Courier, the Daily Journal also produces several special publications throughout the year, including special sections, guides and magazines. [11]

Guides

Southside

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References

  1. ↑ "AIM Media Indiana names new publisher". Daily Journal. November 11, 2022. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
  2. ↑ "New editor to take the helm Monday". Daily Journal. April 1, 2022. Retrieved August 19, 2022.
  3. ↑ Undated, self-reported circulation figures at "About Daily Journal". Daily Journal. Archived from the original on October 10, 2011. Retrieved June 18, 2012.
  4. ↑ "2022 Journalism Awards". Hoosier State Press Association.
  5. ↑ "Mission & History". DailyJournal.net. Archived from the original on August 3, 2012. Retrieved June 15, 2012.
  6. ↑ "About The Franklin Evening Star". Chronicling America. Library of Congress . Retrieved June 18, 2012.
  7. ↑ "Franklin Star is sold to the Daily Journal". Daily Journal. December 13, 1969. p. 1. Retrieved August 19, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "A New Home: KYB Buying Building for Expansion". Daily Journal. February 24, 2012. Archived from the original on February 22, 2013. Retrieved June 18, 2012.
  9. ↑ "Hazelett Building". www.bemisgroup.com. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  10. ↑ "Daily Journal gets new owner". Daily Journal. November 5, 2015. p. 1. Retrieved August 19, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Magazine Archives - Daily Journal". www.dailyjournal.net. Retrieved August 19, 2022.
  12. ↑ "About Us". www.indysouthmag.com. Retrieved August 19, 2022.
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