This department is responsible for cleaning and maintaining the company's properties and for handling materials and waste. The business department keeps records of the company's financial performance. The office prepares and mails bills for advertising and subscriptions, and receives and records payments for advertising, circulation and other products and services provided by the Journal . The accounting department is also responsible for delivering company mail. Distribution is responsible for delivering newspapers to customers through home delivery, or from newspaper racks or other distribution points through a carrier organization.
Sales solicits new subscribers and works to find convenient locations for single-copy sales.
While carriers handle some sales, most are handled by the sales group through telemarketing and other efforts. Subscriber Services is responsible for handling delivery complaints, starting and stopping subscriptions, verifying orders, maintaining subscriber records, etc. Operations delivers newspapers in bulk to distribution centers and oversees the operations center and transportation services. The editorial staff produces the editorial pages, giving the Journal 's views on issues that affect our community, as well as opinions from the Journal's featured columists and readers. This department is responsible for the JournalNow Web site, and the development of other commercial Web sites, advertising, promotion, and business.