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Daily newspaper that serves Lincoln, Nebraska

The Lincoln Journal Star is an American daily newspaper that serves Lincoln, Nebraska, the state capital and home of the University of Nebraska. It is the most widely read newspaper in Lincoln and has the second largest circulation in Nebraska (after the Omaha World Herald). The paper also operates a commercial printing unit.

The Lincoln Journal Star is the result of a 1995 merger between the city's two historic newspapers. The Lincoln Star, established in 1905, was Lincoln's morning newspaper while the Lincoln Journal was distributed in the evenings. The Journal was itself the conglomeration of several previous Lincoln newspapers.

On September 7, 1867, Charles Henry Gere founded the Nebraska Commonwealth. A member of the prominent Gere family, Gere was a New York native and Civil War veteran. The following year, the newspaper became a daily. As his publication grew, Gere retired from law to become an active part of his newspaper.

In 1902, Lincoln utilities tycoon and millionaire D. E. Thompson established the Lincoln Daily Star. The final separate editions of the Journal and Star were published on August 4, 1995; the first edition of the merged Lincoln Journal Star rolled off the presses on August 7.

In 1949, the Nebraska State Journal was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service "for the campaign establishing the "Nebraska All Star Primary" presidential preference primary which spotlighted, through a bi partisan committee, issues early in the presidential campaign." Mari Sandoz served as proofreader for the Nebraska State Journal. Willa Cather wrote for the Nebraska State Journal from 1893 to 1899 as the fine arts critic.