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Subscribe at PayPal for $57 a year using the editor’s email: giffjohnson@gmail.com. Alternately, you can pay $52 by cash or check at the Journal office in Delap (behind Flame Tree) or mail it to PO Box 14, Majuro, Marshall Islands 96960. Read a sample issue of the paper below.

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Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch reads a copy of the Marshall Islands Journal in Sydney, Australia. Photo: Karen Earnshaw
Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch reads a copy of the Marshall Islands Journal in Sydney, Australia. Photo: Karen Earnshaw

Former Peace Corps volunteer, the late Joe Murphy, created The Marshall Islands Journal nearly 50 years ago.  The editor, Giff Johnson, has been working for the Journal since the 1980s. He is often heard on Radio New Zealand and Radio Australia.
The Journal is datelined Friday but is distributed locally on Thursday while the Online version is also available for computers or handheld devices on Thursday. Contact the newspaper at marshallislandsjournal@gmail.com or on phone (692) 625-8143.

The Journal’s office is behind The Flame Tree in Delap.

The Journal accepts press releases and photographs on topics related to the Marshall Islands.
Full disclosure: The author of this site works part-time for the Journal.

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Progress on new press

Progress on new press

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