The Municipal Journal
colour magazine with the masthead "The MJ"
Cover of a November 2019 issue
EditorHeather Jameson
FrequencyWeekly
PublisherHemming Group
Founded1893 (1893)
CountryUnited Kingdom
Websitewww.themj.co.uk Edit this at Wikidata
ISSN0143-4187
OCLC760925882

The Municipal Journal (also known as The MJ) is a weekly print news magazine and online publication covering local government and civic administration in the United Kingdom.[1][2] It was established in 1893, under the title London.[1][3] It is now published by the Hemming Group, with a stated target audience of "council chief executives and their teams of decision-makers in local authorities and allied sectors".[4][5] The editor since 2011 has been Heather Jameson; she replaced Michael Burton.[6]

The academic historian John R. Griffiths has described its role in its first two decades of existence as:[1]

...to defend the Progressive agenda from Conservative (Moderate) attack, and [...] to play the role as the 'Hansard of local government.'

elsewhere, Griffiths notes:[7]

...the significance of British world publications such as the Municipal Journal, appearing after 1890, in the facilitation of British world progressivism

From 1950-1952, it was published as the Municipal Journal and Public Works Engineer.[8]

As well as news and opinion pieces, the journal has also published articles by academic researchers.[9][10]

The journal also sponsors and hosts an annual "MJ Achievement Awards".[11]

References

  1. ^ a b c John R. Griffiths (July 2008). "Civic Communication in Britain: A Study of the Municipal Journal c. 1893-1910". Journal of Urban History. 34 (5): 775–794. doi:10.1177/0096144208315448. ISSN 0096-1442. Wikidata Q112730200.
  2. ^ "The MJ (Municipal Journal)". WHSmith. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Centenary of the Municipal Journal - EDM (Early Day Motion) 1546: tabled on 09 March 1993". 9 March 1993. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  4. ^ "The MJ". media.info. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  5. ^ "The MJ". Hemming Group. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  6. ^ "All change: New editor for The MJ". The MJ. 5 October 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  7. ^ John Griffiths (19 November 2009). "Were there Municipal Networks in the British World c. 1890–1939?". The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History. 37 (4): 575–597. doi:10.1080/03086530903327085. ISSN 0308-6534. Wikidata Q58352476.
  8. ^ "The municipal journal and public works engineer". National Library of Australia. 1950. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  9. ^ Leather, P.; Mackintosh, S.C. (1993). "Rebuilding the housing renewal programme". Municipal Journal. 25: 33–36.
  10. ^ Watt, P. (7 September 2001). "Council Tax Revaluation". Municipal Journal: 11.
  11. ^ Coxon, Paul. "Warwickshire scoops two awards at the MJ Achievement Awards 2022". Warwickshire County Council. Retrieved 26 June 2022.

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