Lake County Journal
34121 North Route 45
Grayslake, IL 60030
LakeCountyJournals.com
Phone: 847-223-8161
Contacts:
Mike McKiernan Community Advertising Director mmckiernan@shawsuburban.com
Kara Hansen
SSM Circulation Director
khansen@shawsuburban.com
Kathy Gresey Managing Editor kgresey@shawsuburban.com
Karla Ahr SSM Human Resources and Assistant to John Rung kahr@shawsuburban.com


Founded: 1886, Antioch Journal
Philosophy:
The core of Shaw Suburban Media/Lake County Journal is commitment to community. We strive to make the communities we serve better places to live. For us, LOCAL is always first and foremost.
We zealously defend the First Amendment as a necessity to ensure a free society.
The market:
Situated on the shores of Lake Michigan, Lake County is home to an affluent and growing population. Lake County offers residents numerous lakes, waterways and recreational destinations.
Far from being just a resort area, Lake County boasts a thriving population of over 700,000. The residents of Lake County have a median income of $76,000 and 77% of adults have attended college.
Lake County Journal:
The Journal is the best-read weekly paper in northern and western Lake County. Delivered each Thursday to select neighborhoods in Antioch, Fox Lake, Grayslake, Gurnee, Wadsworth, Lake Villa, Lindenhurst, Round Lake and Wauconda, residents may also purchase the paper at area newsstands.
The Lake County Journal also publishes the Great Lakes Bulletin, one of the leading armed forces publications in the United States. The Bulletin is distributed in and around the Great Lakes Naval Base. Generating over $1.7 billion annually for the Lake County economy, the Great Lakes Naval Base has 54,000 graduates and 200,000 visitors each year.
Location:
Lake County, Chicago Suburbs (far north and northwest)
Market:
Chicago, PMSA
Population:
707,985 (Lake County)
Median Home Value:
$192,841 (Lake County)
Median Household Income:
$76,000 (Journals Market Area)
The Lake County Journal is part of Shaw Suburban Media, which owns a network of daily and weekly news operations in the high-growth areas of DeKalb, Kane, Lake and McHenry counties, west and northwest of Chicago.