The Municipal Journal

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The Municipal Journal
The Municipal Journal cover, November 2019.jpg
Cover of a November 2019 issue
EditorHeather Jameson
FrequencyWeekly
Publisher Hemming Group
Founded1893 (1893)
CountryUnited Kingdom
Website www.themj.co.uk OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
ISSN 0143-4187
OCLC 760925882

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] The editor since 2011 has been Heather Jameson; she replaced Michael Burton. [5]

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: [6]

...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. [7]

As well as news and opinion pieces, the journal has also published articles by academic researchers. [8] [9]

The journal also sponsors and hosts an annual "MJ Achievement Awards". [10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 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". Hemming Group. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  5. ↑ "All change: New editor for The MJ". The MJ. 5 October 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ "The municipal journal and public works engineer". National Library of Australia. 1950. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  8. ↑ Leather, P.; Mackintosh, S.C. (1993). "Rebuilding the housing renewal programme". Municipal Journal. 25: 33–36.
  9. ↑ Watt, P. (7 September 2001). "Council Tax Revaluation". Municipal Journal: 11.
  10. ↑ Coxon, Paul. "Warwickshire scoops two awards at the MJ Achievement Awards 2022". Warwickshire County Council. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
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