The Journal manages an active website, updating it throughout the day, as it does with its Twitter feed and Facebook page. On the digital side, the paper acts as the hub for several blogs, including SUX 911 (a crime blog SUX is Sioux City’s designated airport code), and Politically Speaking (a blog covering the region’s public affairs news).
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The work of Journal reporters appears in the city’s business journal (Siouxland Business Journal), monthly lifestyles magazines (Siouxland Life and Siouxland Prime), a weekly real estate supplemental (Siouxland Homes) and a free newsstand tabloid (Weekender).
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Lee Enterprises, the current owner of the Journal, sold off the TV station in 1989 (now owned by family company Quincy Newspapers Inc.) and the radio station in 1996 (now owned by Powell Broadcasting and an affiliate of Radio Iowa).Įven though the paper’s content sharing in broadcasting has since ceased, the Sioux City Journal continues to repurpose its works across multiple print and digital publications and platforms. NBC affiliate KTIV and news-talk radio station KSCJ (whose call letters reflect its affiliation with the paper) were referred to as the electronic “arm” of the newspaper. Predating the waves of convergence that would define the news industry in the early 2000s, the Sioux City Journal was part of a unified newsgathering operation as early as 1954. The paper, which printed its first edition in 1864, far exceeds other local print publications with a daily circulation of 26,626. The city’s daily newspaper, the Sioux City Journal, is one of the city’s key news sources. Dedicated Journalistic/News Entities The Major Daily Newspaper In addition to the news operations, researchers identified seven local government and municipal websites distributing news releases and civic information. Researchers identified three web-only outlets and blogs providing at least occasional coverage of the region. Three television outlets and four radio stations air news. The other seven serve other civic roles, but provide some news-related content on a regular basis within their other offerings.Īmong the journalistic operations, 14 are print-based publications-a daily paper and some community weeklies, as well as a few specialty outlets and a local university newspaper. Of these, 24 would be considered dedicated news operations. Researchers identified 31 news providers serving the region, across print, radio, television and digital platforms. The Sioux City region is a small media market, centered largely around its daily newspaper and broadcast TV channels. While top employers-Tyson Fresh Meats, Mercy Medical Center, Sioux City Community School District, UnityPoint Health and the city itself-provide a solid workforce, 12% of the area’s households have an income of less than $15,000. The region is still struggling to find a solid, economic driver, however. The city has promoted housing growth, establishing tax incentives for new development in recent years. Additionally, Sioux City is predominately white: About eight-in-ten (82%) residents are white, though there The city’s distribution across income levels is similar to the national average, though the percentage of adults who have a college degree is low (18% compared with 26% nationally). 17Ĭurrently, Sioux City has lower-than-average unemployment (4.6% as of July 2014). And in the 20th century, as riverboat gambling was legalized in Iowa ( the first state to do so), Sioux City-given its location on the Missouri-became a prime stakeholder in the state’s emergent casino economy (as of July 2014, the city had two casinos). Fueled by the Midwest’s railroad building boom later in the century, Sioux City thrived as a Midwestern trading point for liquor during Prohibition. In the summer of 1804, Sioux City was a midway stopping point for the Lewis and Clark expedition. Technically speaking, Sioux City’s metropolitan statistical area spans two counties in Iowa, two in Nebraska and one county in South Dakota. (For a display of all city demographics, click here. A 100-mile drive from Omaha, Nebraska, Greater Sioux City-or “Siouxland” as the nearly 125,000 locals know it-straddles the borders of three states.
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