The Lawrence Journal-World has been named one of the nation’s “10 That Do It Right” by Editor & Publisher, a trade magazine.

The magazine, which for five years has been compiling an annual list of 10 newspapers that serve as a model for others, cited the Journal-World’s partnership with 6News, as well as online offerings such as ljworld.com, lawrence.com and kusports.com. The newspaper, television station and Web sites are all subsidiaries of The World Company.

“Today, Lawrence boasts one of the most converged newsrooms in America, with newspaper, TV and online journalists sitting side by side, sharing ideas and resources,” the magazine said in its July 1 issue. It also pointed to the newspaper’s physical appearance, local emphasis and increasing circulation.

Editor & Publisher named the Journal-World to a list of newspapers that included the Los Angeles Times, which this year won five Pulitzer Prizes; Lexington (Ky.) Herald-Leader; and Chicago Reader.

Dolph C. Simons Jr., editor of the Journal-World, said he considered it a compliment the Journal-World was included among the honorees.

“The company’s goal has always been to produce as good of a newspaper as we can — or cable system, or Internet system — for a town this size,” Simons said.

He added: “What’s made it work is good people in all these areas.”

James Gentry, former dean of journalism at Kansas University, told Editor & Publisher the Journal-World “has been very forward-looking for a very long time.”

“It’s impossible to say anybody’s the best,” Gentry said Tuesday. “I think, though, for a paper its size, it’s one of the best in the country.”

Ralph Gage, chief operating officer of The World Company, said the newspaper and its corporate cousins would continue their efforts.

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“We’re definitely pleased, extremely gratified,” Gage said, “but at the same time we know that we have to be better tomorrow than we were today.”