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 45, issue numbers 1-9. Covering 3rd January - 28th February 2014. The publication was titled the Micronesian Independent from 1974 - mid-1980, and previously titled the Micronitor (1970-73). Prior to that it was the Marshall Islands Journal (1965-69).

The Marshall Islands Journal, Volume 46, issue numbers 18-23. Covering 1st May - 5th June 2015. The publication was titled the Micronesian Independent from 1974 - mid-1980, and previously titled the Micronitor (1970-73). Prior to that it was the Marshall Islands Journal (1965-69).

The Marshall Islands Journal, Volume 46, issue numbers 43-47. Covering 23rd October - 20th November 2015. The publication was titled the Micronesian Independent from 1974 - mid-1980, and previously titled the Micronitor (1970-73). Prior to that it was the Marshall Islands Journal (1965-69).

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, 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, vol 4., issue number 1. The issue is dated 11th January 1969. No other issues from 1969 were available for copying.

Micronitor, Vol. 2, issue numbers 35-40. Issues cover the period from 20th November - 28th December 1971. The Micronitor was previously titled the Marshall Islands Journal and changed it's name in 1970.

Micronitor, Vol. 4, issue numbers 38-44. Issues cover the period from 8th October - 26th November 1973. The Micronitor was previously titled the Marshall Islands Journal and changed it's name in 1970.

Micronesian Independent, Vol. 5, issues 18-24. Issues cover the period from 10th June - 29th July 1974. The newspaper was previously titled the Micronitor (1970-73), and prior to that the Marshall Islands Journal (1965-69).