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The Municipal Journal
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]
elsewhere, Griffiths notes:[6]
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
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