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[[File:Shawnee Mission Post Scroll.png|thumb|right|Logo of the Shawnee Mission Post prior to merger]]
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"Shawnee Mission" is not the name of a municipality, but rather refers to a postal area designation that incorporates all or parts of 16 cities and towns with Zip Codes in North and Northeast Johnson County Kansas. It borders southwest [[Kansas City, Kansas]] The towns include Leawood, Lenexa, Mission, Mission Hills, Overland Park (partial), Prairie Village, Roeland Park, Shawnee, and Westwood. If those towns were a single municipality, they would constitute the second largest city in Kansas, with a population of over 400,000.<ref name=Post/>
"Shawnee Mission" is not the name of a municipality, but rather refers to a postal area designation that incorporates all or parts of 16 cities and towns with Zip Codes in North and Northeast Johnson County Kansas. It borders southwest [[Kansas City, Kansas]] The towns include Leawood, Lenexa, Mission, Mission Hills, Overland Park (partial), Prairie Village, Roeland Park, Shawnee, and Westwood. If those towns were a single municipality, they would constitute the second largest city in Kansas, with a population of over 400,000.<ref name=Post/>


The ''Shawnee Mission Post'' has part of their site covered by a paywall, noting that the people who pay want "More civics. Fewer restaurants." This may not work for other news outlets, but it seems to be working for the ''Shawnee Mission Post''.<ref><!-- Paywalls work: Shawnee Mission Post -->{{cite Q|Q108935980}}</ref>
The ''Shawnee Mission Post'' has part of their site covered by a paywall, noting that the people who pay want "More civics. Fewer restaurants." This may not work for other news outlets, but it seems to be working for the ''Shawnee Mission Post''.<ref><!-- Paywalls work: Shawnee Mission Post -->{{cite Q|Q108935980}}</ref>


The ''Shawnee Mission Post'' is a member of both the Kansas Press Association<ref><!-- Kansas Press Association: Browse Full Member Database -->{{cite Q|Q108936678}}</ref> and Local Independent Online News Publishers (LION).<ref><!-- LION Publishers: Current Members -->{{cite Q|Q108936755}}</ref>
The ''Shawnee Mission Post'' is a member of both the Kansas Press Association<ref><!-- Kansas Press Association: Browse Full Member Database -->{{cite Q|Q108936678}}</ref> and Local Independent Online News Publishers (LION).<ref><!-- LION Publishers: Current Members -->{{cite Q|Q108936755}}</ref>


=== Blue Valley Post ===
=== Blue Valley Post ===
In 2021 a sister publication, the Blue Valley Post, was launched to focus on issues on the [[Blue Valley USD 229|Blue Valley]] region of east central and southeast Johnson County centered around Overland Park and parts of Leawood and [[Stilwell, Kansas|Stilwell]]. The two newspapers shared the same staff and ownership under [[Post Publishing Inc.]].
In 2021 a sister publication, the ''Blue Valley Post'', was launched to focus on issues on the [[Blue Valley USD 229|Blue Valley]] region of east central and southeast Johnson County centered around Overland Park and parts of Leawood and [[Stilwell, Kansas|Stilwell]]. The two newspapers shared the same staff and ownership under Post Publishing Inc.


=== Johnson County Post ===
=== Johnson County Post ===
In January 2024, the Shawnee Mission Post and the Blue Valley Post merged to become the Johnson County Post.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://johnsoncountypost.com/2023/11/15/johnson-county-post-announcement-220426/|title=Why we'll become the Johnson County Post in January|last=Senter|first=Jay|date=November 15, 2023|website=Johnson County Post|access-date=February 27, 2024}}</ref>
In January 2024, the ''Shawnee Mission Post'' and the ''Blue Valley Post'' merged to become the ''Johnson County Post''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://johnsoncountypost.com/2023/11/15/johnson-county-post-announcement-220426/|title=Why we'll become the Johnson County Post in January|last=Senter|first=Jay|date=November 15, 2023|website=Johnson County Post|access-date=February 27, 2024}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 13:12, 14 August 2024

Johnson County Post
TypeLocal journalism
FormatOnline
Owner(s)Jay Senter
Julia Westhoff
Founder(s)Julia Westhoff
Jay Senter
PublisherPost Publishing Inc.
EditorKyle Palmer
Deputy editorLeah Wankum
Staff writersJuliana Garcia
Andrew Gaug
Lucie Krisman
Kaylie McLaughlin
FoundedOctober 2010; 14 years ago (2010-10)
Political alignmentNonpartisanism
LanguageEnglish
CityPrairie Village, KS
CountryUnited States
Circulation300,000 (as of 2019)[1]
Readership3,700
Websitejohnsoncountypost.com
Free online archivesNo
Logo of the Shawnee Mission Post prior to merger

The Johnson County Post is a United States nonpartisan subscription-based online newspaper founded in 2010. It is updated daily, Mondays through Fridays.

History

Shawnee Mission Post

Upon their return in 2010 from volunteer Peace Corps postings in Panama, Jay Senter and Julia Westhoff, a couple who had worked together on their college newspaper found that media coverage of their home in northern Johnson County, Kansas, lacked coverage of government and school news. In response, they started a news website At first, they called their publication, the Prairie Village Post. As they broadened their extent of their coverage, they adopted the name, Shawnee Mission Post.[2]

The intent of the publishers was to focus on local news, most particularly in Northern Johnson County, Kansas. To that end, they covered municipal affairs in the sixteen towns within the Postal-designated area Shawnee Mission, as well as school district meetings and news.[2] They have also covered state legislators and federal representatives from the 3rd Congressional district and the U.S. Senate.

Dan Blom, a former newspaper editor, joined the organization in 2012. By 2014, 35,000 unique visitors per month were logging on.[3]

By 2019, the number of unique visitors had grown to almost 300,000 and paid subscribers to the site to 3,700, paying an average of $72 annually.[1]

"Shawnee Mission" is not the name of a municipality, but rather refers to a postal area designation that incorporates all or parts of 16 cities and towns with Zip Codes in North and Northeast Johnson County Kansas. It borders southwest Kansas City, Kansas The towns include Leawood, Lenexa, Mission, Mission Hills, Overland Park (partial), Prairie Village, Roeland Park, Shawnee, and Westwood. If those towns were a single municipality, they would constitute the second largest city in Kansas, with a population of over 400,000.[2]

The Shawnee Mission Post has part of their site covered by a paywall, noting that the people who pay want "More civics. Fewer restaurants." This may not work for other news outlets, but it seems to be working for the Shawnee Mission Post.[4]

The Shawnee Mission Post is a member of both the Kansas Press Association[5] and Local Independent Online News Publishers (LION).[6]

Blue Valley Post

In 2021 a sister publication, the Blue Valley Post, was launched to focus on issues on the Blue Valley region of east central and southeast Johnson County centered around Overland Park and parts of Leawood and Stilwell. The two newspapers shared the same staff and ownership under Post Publishing Inc.

Johnson County Post

In January 2024, the Shawnee Mission Post and the Blue Valley Post merged to become the Johnson County Post.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b Morris, Frank. "A Local News Site Uses A Paywall And Succeeds". NPR. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  2. ^ a b c About the Shawnee Mission Post, Johnson County Post. Retrieved October 19, 2021.
  3. ^ A thank you to April's shawneemissionpost.com sponsors…for letting me make this a full-time job, Johnson County Post, Jay Senter, April 2014. Retrieved October 19, 2021.
  4. ^ Christine Schmidt (21 November 2019), Paywalls work: Shawnee Mission Post, Kansas Press Association, Wikidata Q108935980
  5. ^ Kansas Press Association: Browse Full Member Database, Kansas Press Association, Wikidata Q108936678
  6. ^ LION Publishers: Current Members, LION Publishers, Wikidata Q108936755
  7. ^ Senter, Jay (November 15, 2023). "Why we'll become the Johnson County Post in January". Johnson County Post. Retrieved February 27, 2024.

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