Kansas
Press
Starting with the Shawnee Sun, a Shawnee-language newspaper founded by missionary Jotham Meeker in 1833, the press has played an important role in Kansas history. The most famous Kansas newspaperman was William Allen White, whose Emporia Gazette was a leading voice of progressive Republicanism around the turn of the century. Earlier, John J. Ingalls launched his political career by editing the Atchison Freedom's Champion. Captain Henry King came from Illinois to found the State Record and Daily Capital in Topeka.
In 2002, Kansas had 44 daily newspapers and 14 Sunday papers. Leading newspapers and their circulations in 2001–2002 were as follows:
| AREA | NAME | DAILY | SUNDAY |
| Topeka | Capital–Journal (m,S) | 55,466 | 63,157 |
| Wichita | Eagle (m,S) | 85,882 | 149,451 |
The Kansas City (Missouri) Star (259,612 daily; 377,765 Sundays) is widely read in the Kansas as well as in the Missouri part of the metropolitan area.