{{Short description|Newspaper in Lawrence, Kansas}} {{Use American English|date=January 2022}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = Lawrence Journal-World | logo = Lawrence Journal-World website logo.png | caption = | type = Daily newspaper | format = Broadsheet, online | owners = Ogden Newspapers | editor = | founded = March 2, 1892 (with heritage dating to 1858){{Efn|Newspaper gives 1858 founding; however the ''Journal-World'' began publishing in 1911 after the ''Lawrence Journal'' (1880) and ''Lawrence World'' (1892) merged.}} | political_position = | language = | ceased_publication = | headquarters = 1035 N 3rd Street,<br>Lawrence, Kansas 66044<br>United States | circulation = 11,063 | circulation_ref = <ref>{{Cite web |title=Browse Full Member Database {{!}} Kansas Press Association |url=https://kspress.com/directory/browse-full-member-database |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=kspress.com}}</ref> | ISSN = | oclc = 56972731 | website = {{Official URL}} | price = }}
The '''''Lawrence Journal-World''''' is a daily newspaper published in Lawrence, Kansas, United States, by Ogden Newspapers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www2.ljworld.com/about/ |title=About Us |website=Lawrence Journal-World |access-date=April 27, 2007 |archive-date=May 8, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070508172418/http://www2.ljworld.com/about/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==History== thumb|The former offices of the World Company, owner of the ''Lawrence Journal-World'' Though the ''Journal-World'' title came into existence in 1911, the paper dates itself to 1858, according to the volume number of the current masthead.
In 1891, Wilford Collins Simons moved to Lawrence and took over the ''Lawrence Record'' operations under a three-month lease. The ''Lawrence World'' was first issued by Simons on March 2, 1892.<ref name="100years">(13 December 1991). [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Qv9WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-TgNAAAAIBAJ&pg=5411,4300065&dq=lawrence-world+founded&hl=en A 100-Year Newspaper Tradition], ''Lawrence Journal-World''</ref>
In 1905, the ''World'' acquired the ''Lawrence Journal'', and merged the ''Journal'' and ''World'' in 1911 after a fire destroyed the offices of the ''Journal''.<ref name="100years" /><ref name="ljworldcombo">(20 Feb 1911). [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WopYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_EMNAAAAIBAJ&pg=5030%2C2492 "Journal-World, The Combination"]</ref> The ''Lawrence Daily Journal'' title dates back to 1880, but was a continuation of the ''Republican Daily Journal'' which dates back to at least 1869. The ''Republican Daily Journal'' appears to have been the successor via the sale and/or consolidation of earlier Lawrence newspapers.<ref name="long history">{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jTsjAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA109 |title=First Biennial Report of the State Board of Agriculture |pages=107–108 |date=1878 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZCMiAQAAIAAJ&q=%22lawrence+journal%22&pg=PA255 |title=Rowell's American Newspaper Directory |page=255 |date=1887 }}</ref> One of those papers dated to 1858; for years, the ''Journal-World'' claimed an 1858 founding date.
Wilford Collins Simons served as editor from 1891 until he died in 1952.<ref name="wcobit">(16 May 1952). [https://www.nytimes.com/1952/05/16/archives/wilford-c-simon.html Wilford C. Simons], ''The New York Times'' (noting the death of Simons on May 15, 1952)</ref> He handed the paper to his son, Dolph Simons Sr., who in turn passed it to Dolph Simons Jr. [[File:Lawrence Journal-World Microfilm.jpg|thumb|Microfilm archives of the LJ World in the Anschutz Library at the University of Kansas]] In 2005, developers at the paper released the now-popular Django web framework.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www2.ljworld.com/news/2015/jul/09/happy-birthday-django/ |title=Lawrence-born Django, which revolutionized website construction, celebrating its 10th anniversary |last=Dillon |first=Karen |date=July 9, 2015 |work=Lawrence Journal-World |access-date=February 13, 2022}}</ref>
In October 2010, the World Company, which owns the ''Lawrence Journal-World'', sold some of its news media business to Internet and cable provider Knology for $165 million.<ref>{{cite web|last=Fagan|first=Mark|title=Reporter|url=http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2010/dec/01/knology-rightsizing-lawrence/|publisher=The Lawrence Journal-World}}</ref> The sale included 6 News, the Lawrence area's local television news channel.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}}
In 2014, the on-site printing of the newspaper ended, with printing moving to ''The Kansas City Star''{{'}}s production facility in Kansas City, Missouri. Production, editing, and administrative functions remained in Lawrence.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lawrence Journal-World to move printing to Kansas City Star in January |url=https://www2.ljworld.com/news/2013/oct/17/Lawrence-Journal-World/ |access-date=15 December 2022 |work=Lawrence Journal-World |date=17 October 2013}}</ref>
In June 2016, the Simons family announced the sale of the ''Journal-World'' after 125 years of ownership, to another long-running family-owned company, Ogden Newspapers of Wheeling, West Virginia. Also in 2016, the family's WorldWest, LLC, which owned newspapers in Arizona (the ''Payson Roundup'') and Colorado (the ''Steamboat Pilot & Today'', and the ''Craig Daily Press''), announced their sale to other owners.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kramer Publications Buying Payson Roundup |date=June 21, 2016 |publisher=Arizona Newspapers Association |access-date=February 19, 2018 |url=https://ananews.com/kramer-publications-buying-payson-roundup/ }}</ref>
In June 2018, the ''Journal-World''{{'}}s web site was migrated from Django to the blogging-centric content management system Wordpress.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}}
On May 1, 2019, the ''Journal-World''{{'}}s offices moved from the historic post office building on 7th and New Hampshire Streets to an office in North Lawrence.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.ljworld.com/weblogs/town_talk/2019/apr/01/journal-world-offices-to-move-drivers-license-office-to-move-expand-next-week/|title=Journal-World Offices to Move; Driver's License Office to Move, Expand Next Week |date=April 1, 2019 |first=Chad |last=Lawhorn |newspaper=Lawrence Journal-World |access-date=May 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529125634/https://www2.ljworld.com/weblogs/town_talk/2019/apr/01/journal-world-offices-to-move-drivers-license-office-to-move-expand-next-week/ |archive-date=May 29, 2019 }}</ref><ref name="LJW move1">{{cite web |url=https://www2.ljworld.com/weblogs/town_talk/2019/apr/01/journal-world-offices-to-move-drivers-license-office-to-move-expand-next-week/ |newspaper=Lawrence Journal-World |title=Journal-World Phone Lines to Be Temporarily Impacted by Office Space Move |first=Chad |last=Lawhorn |access-date=May 29, 2019 |date=April 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529130806/https://www2.ljworld.com/weblogs/town_talk/2019/apr/01/journal-world-offices-to-move-drivers-license-office-to-move-expand-next-week/ |archive-date=May 29, 2019 }}</ref> The building is now occupied by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas.<ref name="LJW move1" />
On May 16, 2020, the front page of the ''Journal-World'' announced that the newspaper would cease publication of all Monday print editions as of May 25.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www2.ljworld.com/announcements/2020/may/16/as-demand-for-digital-subscriptions-grows-journal-world-will-eliminate-monday-print-edition/ |title=As Demand for Digital Subscriptions Grows, Journal-World Will Eliminate Monday Print Edition |date=May 16, 2020 |newspaper=Lawrence Journal-World |access-date=May 16, 2020 }}</ref>
On Sept. 28, 2020, the newsroom staff of the ''Journal-World'' publicly announced its plan to unionize as the Lawrence Journalism Workers Guild, or LJW Guild.<ref>{{cite web |title=LJW Guild Union Announcement |url=https://twitter.com/ljw_guild/status/1310630191832739840?s=20 |website=@ljw_guild on Twitter |access-date=December 28, 2020}}</ref> ''Journal-World'' management and Ogden declined to voluntarily recognize the union through a card check.<ref>{{cite web |title=LJW Guild Update |url=https://twitter.com/ljw_guild/status/1312023313233969152?s=20 |website=@ljw_guild on Twitter |access-date=December 28, 2020}}</ref> However, the journalists voted via a mail-in ballot election through the National Labor Relations Board, and after a count on Dec. 28, 2020, the guild voted to be represented by the United Media Guild, Local 34067 with The NewsGuild-CWA.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lawrence Journal-World Votes to Join United Media Guild |url=http://www.unitedmediaguild.org/lawrence-journal-world-votes-to-join-united-media-guild/ |website=The United Media Guild |access-date=December 28, 2020 }}</ref>
==Papers== * ''Baldwin City Signal'': Baldwin City, Kansas * ''Basehor Sentinel'': Basehor, Kansas * ''The Chieftain'': Bonner Springs, Kansas * ''The Dispatch'': Shawnee, Kansas * ''The Mirror'': Tonganoxie, Kansas * ''The De Soto Explorer''De Soto, Kansas * ''Eudora News'': Eudora, Kansas
==See also== * List of newspapers in Kansas
==Notes== {{Notelist}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website}} {{Lawrence, Kansas}} {{Ogden Newspapers}}
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