CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


   We consent to the incorporation by reference,

        (a)  In the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 33-14771) pertaining
             to Journal Employees' Stock Trust and in the related prospectus,
             and

        (b)  In the Registration Statement (Form S-8) pertaining to Journal
             Communications, Inc. Employees' Stock Trust and in the related
             prospectus, submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission
             for filing on March 12, 1991 with respect to 500,000 units of
             beneficial interest in said trust,

   of our report dated February 13, 1996 with respect to the consolidated
   financial statements of Journal Employees' Stock Trust included in this
   Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 1995.







                                      ERNST & YOUNG, LLP

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   March 25, 1996