EXHIBIT31.2

Certification

I, Julie A. Beck,Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Journal RegisterCompany (the ‘‘Registrant’’), certifythat:

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| 1.  | I have reviewed this Annual Report on Form10-K of the Registrant; |

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| 2.  | Based on my knowledge,this annual report does not contain any untrue statement of a materialfact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statementsmade, in light of the circumstances under which such statements weremade, not misleading with respect to the period covered by thisreport; |

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| 3.  | Based on my knowledge, the financialstatements, and other financial information included in this report,fairly present in all material respects the financial condition,results of operations and cash flows of the Registrant as of, and for,the periods presented in this report; |

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| 4.  | TheRegistrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible forestablishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (asdefined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internalcontrol over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange ActRules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the Registrant andhave: |

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|  | a.  | Designed such disclosure controls andprocedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to bedesigned under our supervision, to ensure that material informationrelating to the Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, ismade known to us by others within those entities, particularly duringthe period in which this report is beingprepared; |

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|  | b.  | Designed such internal control overfinancial reporting, or caused such internal control over financialreporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonableassurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and thepreparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordancewith generally accepted accountingprinciples; |

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|  | c.  | Evaluated the effectiveness of theRegistrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented inthis report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosurecontrols and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by thisreport based on such evaluation; and |

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|  | d.  | Disclosedin this report any change in the Registrant’s internal controlover financial reporting that occurred during the Registrant’smost recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or isreasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’sinternal control over financial reporting;and |

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| 5.  | The Registrant’s other certifyingofficer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation ofinternal control over financial reporting, to the Registrant’sauditors and the audit committee of the Registrant’s board ofdirectors: |

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|  | a.  | All significant deficiencies andmaterial weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control overfinancial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect theRegistrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and reportfinancial information; and |

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|  | b.  | Any fraud, whetheror not material, that involves management or other employees who have asignificant role in the Registrant’s internal control overfinancialreporting. |

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| Date:March  10,2006 |  | /s/ Julie A.Beck                                 |
|                |  | Julie A.Beck                                     |
|                |  | Senior Vice President and ChiefFinancial Officer |
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