The Capital-Journal is the second largest newspaper in Kansas and benefits from being located in the capital of Kansas. The newspaper aggressively covers state government, as well as regional news in 23 northeast Kansas counties. It reaches more Topekans than any other medium and has one of the highest daily penetration rate of metropolitan newspapers in the country. The city of Topeka is located near the geographic center of the United States. As the third largest city in the state, Topeka is the center of northeast Kansas for recreation, leisure activities, shopping, education and medical services.
Readership is strong.
Daily circulation is 60,000, while Sunday is 67,000. But the newspaper extends far beyond the person who purchased it. C-J photographers have won such prestigious awards as the coveted Pulitzer Prize, the Robert F. Kennedy Award for Photojournalism and the Inland Press Association Sweepstakes Award. It has won the Sweepstakes Award from the Kansas Press Association numerous years. The Capital-Journal's roots run deep in northeast Kansas.