The Pensacola News Journal is a daily morning newspaper serving Escambia and Santa Rosa counties in Florida.

John H. Perry developed the News Journal into an extremely popular and successful newspaper.

By the early 1950s, the News Journal had developed into one of the most modern and efficient newspaper operations in the Southeast[citation needed].

[5] On July 1, 1969, the younger Perry announced he was selling the News and the Journal to Gannett, then based in Rochester, New York, for $15.5 million.

[15] In 2021, the paper faced national backlash for an allegedly misogynistic cartoon drawn by its cartoonist, Andy Marlette.

[16][17] During the coverage of the backlash, allegations of racism arose against Marlette for a cartoon he drew while in college, including the use of racial epithets.