Winston-Salem Journal
Front page on August 28, 2011
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| Type | Daily |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Berkshire Hathaway |
| Publisher | Kevin Kampman |
| Editor | Andrew Morrissey |
| Founded | 1897 |
| Language | American English |
| Headquarters | 418 N. Marshall Street Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27101 United States |
| Circulation | 67,625 (weekday) 80,892 (Sunday) |
| Website | journalnow |
The Winston-Salem Journal is an American daily newspaper primarily serving the city of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and its county, Forsyth County, North Carolina. It also features coverage of Northwestern North Carolina and circulates as far west as Tennessee and north to Virginia.
The paper is owned by Berkshire Hathaway. The Journal was founded in 1897.
The Journal is primarily distributed through Forsyth County and the county seat of Winston-Salem. However, the paper also is distributed in Alleghany County, Ashe County, Davidson County, Davie County, Stokes County, Surry County, Wilkes County, Watauga County, and Yadkin County.
The newspaper has an online presence called JournalNow.The Journal's television partner is WGHP of High Point, North Carolina.
The newspaper also produces a weekly entertainment and social tabloid called Relish. The Journal also publishes a monthly city magazine called Winston-Salem Monthly, which started in 2006. The publication also produces a semi-annual weddings publication named Carolina Weddings Magazine.
In 2004, the paper refused to endorse a presidential candidate. The paper endorsed Democratic President Barack Obama for 2012 presidential election even though it endorsed Obama's opponent Republican Senator John McCain in 2008. Its editorial-page had not endorsed a Democratic Party presidential candidate since Lyndon Johnson in 1964. The paper endorsed Libertarian Gary Johnson for the 2016 presidential election and is the second newspaper to endorse the Libertarian candidate in this election cycle instead ether Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump, the paper cited their distrust of both major candidates and of status quo politics in the American political system.
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