Poughkeepsie Journal

Infobox Newspaper
name = Poughkeepsie Journal


caption = The April 9, 2007 front page of the
"Poughkeepsie Journal"
type = Daily newspaper
format = Broadsheet
foundation = 1785
ceased publication =
price =
owners = Gannett Company
publisher = Barry Rothfeld
editor = Stu Shinske
circulation = 39,969 Daily
49,158 Sunday [cite web |url=http://www.gannett.com/about/map/ataglance/poughke.htm |title=About Gannett: Poughkeepsie Journal |accessdate=2007-04-09 |publisher=Gannett Co., Inc.]
headquarters = 85 Civic Center Plaza
Poughkeepsie, New York 12601 USA
ISSN =
website = [http://poughkeepsiejournal.com/ PoughkeepsieJournal.com] The "Poughkeepsie Journal" is a newspaper based in that city owned by the Gannett Company. Founded in 1785 (though not a daily newspaper until 1860), the "Journal" is the oldest paper in New York state, and is the third oldest in the nation. [http://poughkeepsiejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage] The Journal's primary coverage area is Dutchess County, though the entire Mid-Hudson Valley is covered in some form, along with some coverage of points south via the White Plains-based "Journal News".

Throughout its existence, the "Journal" has been a paper of historical significance given the various events that have happened in the Poughkeepsie area. For example, in 1788, the editor of the "Journal" was the official reporter of the ratification of the United States Constitution by New York in that year. The paper also served as a launching point of stories during the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration when the then-President was at his estate in nearby Hyde Park. In the book "My Side of the Mountain", the "Journal" was mentioned under its name at the time, the "Poughkeepsie New Yorker".The "Journal"'s main office is a fieldstone Colonial Revival building on Civic Center Plaza, the north end of Market Street in downtown Poughkeepsie. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Evolution of Name

Though the Journal has been published for over 220 years, it has not published under the "Journal" nameplate for the whole of its existence. The evolution of the names of the paper is as follows. [http://library.vassar.edu/research/guides/general/micronewsalpha.html]
*Poughkeepsie Journal (1785-1844)
**Poughkeepsie Journal and Country Journal (1785-95, summarized version sent to outlying areas):"1840: Poughkeepsie Journal merges with Poughkeepsie Eagle"
*Poughkeepsie Journal & Eagle (1844-1850)
*Poughkeepsie Eagle (1850-53)
*Poughkeepsie Weekly Eagle (1854-57)
*Poughkeepsie Eagle (1857-60)
*Poughkeepsie Eagle Weekly (1860)
*Poughkeepsie Daily Eagle (1860-80)
**Poughkeepsie Eagle Weekly & Sunday Courier (1872-76):"1880: Poughkeepsie Daily Eagle merges with The Poughkeepsie News"
*Poughkeepsie Daily Eagle News (1880-1914)
*Poughkeepsie Eagle News (1915-42)
*Poughkeepsie New Yorker (1942-60):"1960: Poughkeepsie New Yorker returns to the "Journal" name to commemorate the paper's 175th anniversary."
*Poughkeepsie Journal (1960-80)
*Poughkeepsie Journal A.M. Edition (1980-82, temporary name after move to mornings)
*Poughkeepsie Journal (1982-present)

References

External links

* [http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/ Poughkeepsie Journal official site]
** [http://www.enjoyhv.com/ Travel the Hudson Valley]