Wisconsin State Journal

Wisconsin State Journal
The July 27, 2005 front page of the
Wisconsin State Journal
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Lee Enterprises
PublisherRoss McDuffie
EditorKelly Lecker
Founded1839 (1839)
(as the Madison Express)
Headquarters1901 Fish Hatchery Road
Madison, WI 53713
United States
Circulation49,140 Daily
51,450 Sunday (as of 2023)[1]
ISSN0749-405X
Websitemadison.com

The Wisconsin State Journal is a daily newspaper published in Madison, Wisconsin by Lee Enterprises. The newspaper, the second largest in Wisconsin, is primarily distributed in a 19 county region in south-central Wisconsin.[2] As of September 2018, the Wisconsin State Journal had an average weekday circulation of 51,303 and an average Sunday circulation of 64,820.[3] The State Journal is the state's official newspaper of record, and statutes and laws passed are regarded as official seven days after the publication of a state legal notice.[4][5]

The State Journal's editorial board earned the newsroom's first Pulitzer finalist honor in 2008 for its "persistent, high-spirited campaign against abuses in the governor's veto power."[6] The state's constitution was amended after the innovative, multi-media editorial campaign and the governor's veto power was limited.

The staff of the Wisconsin State Journal was also a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting in 2012 for its coverage of the "27 days of around-the-clock protests" at the state Capitol during the 2011 Wisconsin protests.[7]

  1. ^ Lee Enterprises. "Form 10-K". investors.lee.net. Archived from the original on February 29, 2024. Retrieved February 29, 2024.
  2. ^ "The Capital Region's primary sources". Capital Newspapers. Archived from the original on March 9, 2007. Retrieved March 31, 2007.
  3. ^ "Lee Enterprises 10-K". Securities and Exchange Commission. September 30, 2018. Archived from the original on August 3, 2017. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
  4. ^ "Wisconsin State Statutes; CHAPTER 985 PUBLICATION OF LEGAL NOTICES; PUBLIC NEWSPAPERS; FEES". Archived from the original on April 15, 2023. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
  5. ^ "Newspaper Rates for Publication of Legal Notices". State of Wisconsin VendorNet. Archived from the original on August 18, 2022. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
  6. ^ "Editorial Writing Pulitzer Prizes since 1980". The Pulitzer Prizes. 2008. Archived from the original on October 31, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2012.
  7. ^ "The 2012 Pulitzer Prize Winners - Breaking News Reporting". The Pulitzer Prizes. April 16, 2012. Archived from the original on June 30, 2012. Retrieved July 18, 2012.

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