 Established in 2000 to cover South Loop, West Loop and Near West Side neighborhoods, it represented Wednesday Journal's first foray into Chicago neighborhood publishing.The Chicago Journal had a distinctive look for a community paper--it was a broadsheet, and printed on peach newsprint.During its widest circulation period, "Chicago Journal" covered the South Loop, Printers Row, Motor Row, Chinatown, New East Side, West Loop Gate, West Loop, Near West Side, Greektown, Little Italy, University Village and Pilsen neighborhoods.