Published by ncjMedia, (a division of Reach plc), The Journal is produced every weekday and Saturday morning and is complemented by its sister publications the Evening Chronicle and the Sunday Sun.
[2] The newspaper mainly has a middle-class and professional readership throughout North East England, covering a mixture of regional, national and international news.
It also has a daily business section and sports page as well as the monthly Culture magazine and weekly property supplement Homemaker.
News coverage about farming is also an important part of the paper with a high readership in rural Northumberland.
In October 2013, the Chronicle, Journal and Sunday Sun were banned from Newcastle United F.C.