Photographs, illustrations and provocative discussions joined high-quality original reporting to produce content that expanded The Journal’s audience.
The top three stories sought out by readers on klcjournal.com this year stand out from the rest of the pack by an order of magnitude. They captured significantly more attention than anything we published and got people talking well beyond the confines of the audience that The Journal typically reaches.
Two of these stories drew enough readership to rank among the top 10 all-time of Journal stories, not just the top 10 for 2021. The third drew hundreds into a conversation about keeping the republic and inspired our magazine’s first-ever essay contest.
My guess is that these pieces will have staying power and readers will be turning to them for years to come to better understand civic issues in Kansas and their own roles in addressing them.
Stay tuned for more great stories from The Journal in 2022!
#1: The preservation of a zany artist’s work brings benefits to his hometown and offers an opportunity to view his legacy differently.
Way back in 2002, I met the folk artist M.T. Liggett while traveling on assignment for The Hutchinson News. It’s an experience I won’t soon forget.
But if you would have told me that nearly two decades later, Liggett would not only be featured in a civic leadership magazine, he’d be the subject of the publication’s most-read story for the year. I’m not sure I would have believed it.
And yet, holding...
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