The Journal is a daily newspaper produced in Newcastle upon Tyne. Published by ncjMedia, (a division of Trinity Mirror), The Journal is produced every weekday and Saturday morning and is complemented by its sister publication the Evening Chronicle.[1]

The newspaper mainly has a middle-class and professional readership throughout North East England, covering a mixture of regional, national and international news. It also has an award-winning daily business section and sports page as well as the award-winning monthly Culture magazine and weekly property supplement Homemaker.

Farming is also an important part of the paper with a high readership in rural Northumberland.

It is the named sponsor of The Journal Tyne Theatre.

A folio-sized newspaper entitled The Newcastle Journal was first published on April 7, 1739 by Isaac Thompson and William Cuthbert. This paper, however, ceased publication before the end of the 18th century and was not the progenitor of the present Journal. The first edition of that was printed on May 12, 1832, and subsequent Saturdays, by Hernaman and Perring, 69, Pilgrim Street, Newcastle. On May 12, 2007, The Journal celebrated its 175th Anniversary and 49584th issue.

The first newspaper to be printed in Newcastle - and also the first regional newspaper to appear north of the River Trent - was the Newcastle Courant (August 1st, 1711). The Courant is no longer printed.

The Journal was named North East Newspaper of the Year in 2007 and 2008 at the Tom Cordner North East Press Awards.

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