The Marshall Islands Journal is the newspaper of the Marshall Islands. It began in 1966 and was known as:
1967-1969 – The Marshall Islands Journal
1970-1973 – Micronitor (starting in Dec 1973 [Vol 4 no. 46], changes title to Micronesian Independent)
1974- mid-1980 – Micronesian Independent
1980-2016 – The Marshall Islands Journal Some articles in this newspaper relate to other Pacific Islands as well as the Marshall Islands.

The newspaper was established by Joe Murphy and Mike Malone, two Irish-American expatriates who were in the Marshall Islands. [They claim to have started in 1970; the first three volumes from 1966-1969 appear to have been published by others].

The newspaper was published usually once a week, sometimes monthly, although some weeks it was not published and throughout the 1980s it was sometimes produced as regularly as 3 times per week when Dan Smith, a former Peace Corps Volunteer assisted.

The newspaper set up offices in Truk (Chuuk) and Ponape (Pohnpei) and Saipan. It appeared in other Trust Territory districts under the alias of Marianas Weekly or Ponape Sun. The newspaper simply made print runs using a different masthead.

Giff Johnson became the editor in 1984 and assumed day-to-day responsibility for the newspaper. Giff continues to work as the editor today in 2016.

The Marshall Islands Journal, volume 1, covering 14th December 1965 to 1st March 1966. Edited by Donald S. and Kathleen Daughtry.
The issue for 1st March is noted as volume 1, number 10, however no earlier issues are numbered in this way. Some issues have errors in page numbering.

The Marshall Islands Journal, volume 1, issues 11-21. The date range is 8th March 1966 to 17th May 1966 inclusive. Edited by Donald S. and Kathleen Daughtry. Some issues have errors in page numbering.

The Marshall Islands Journal, volume 1, issues 22-30. The date range is 24th May to 26th July 1966 inclusive. Edited by Donald S. and Kathleen Daughtry. Some issues have errors in page numbering.

The Marshall Islands Journal, volume 1, issue numbers 31-38. The issues cover 30th August to 27th December 1966 inclusive. Edited by Donald S. and Kathleen Daughtry. Some issues have errors in page numbering.

The Marshall Islands Journal, volume 2, issue numbers 1-11. The issues cover date range 1st January -13th March 1967.

The Marshall Islands Journal, vol.2, issue numbers 12-19 from 1967, covering date range 21st march to 30th May (partial). On some issues the editor is named as Billy Sawej.

The Marshall Islands Journal, vol.2, issue numbers 20-31. Covers date range May 30th - 25th August 1967.
Note:The 30th May issue is continued from item 002a.

The Marshall Islands Journal, vol.2, issues 32-50 (130pp.). Covers date range 1st September - 29th January 1967. Some pages are missing and in the incorrect order.

The Marshall Islands Journal, vol.3, issue numbers 1-9. Covers the period 5th January - 8th March 1968.