Editor-in-Chief Stephen G. Smith Based in Washington, D.C. | Year founded 1969 | |
Categories Research & Advisory Services | ||
National Journal is a research and advisory services company based in Washington, D.C. offering solutions in government affairs, advocacy communications and policy brands research for government and business leaders. It publishes daily journalism covering politics and public policy and is led by President Kevin Turpin and Editor-in-Chief Stephen G. Smith.
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Initially popularized by its weekly magazine, which closed in December 2015 after 46 years of publication, National Journal shifted to a paid membership model in 2011 and began providing strategic research and analysis through its suite of products for government affairs and public policy professionals. National Journal now serves over 1,000 members from both the public and private sectors.
History and profile
National Journal was founded in 1969 as the Government Research Corporation, a premium research service and journalism company, and was published for many years by the Times Mirror Corporation, which also owned the Los Angeles Times at the time.
David G. Bradley, who founded the Advisory Board Company and Corporate Executive Board, purchased National Journal and The Hotline from Times Mirror in 1997 to form the National Journal Group. Bradley also acquired Government Executive in his deal for National Journal, and added The Atlantic magazine soon after in 1999. Bradley later consolidated the properties to form Atlantic Media. In 2005, Bradley centralized all of his publications at Atlantic Media’s headquarters in the Watergate Building in Washington, D.C.
Atlantic Media now publishes several prominent news magazines and digital publications including The Atlantic, Quartz, Government Executive, and Defense One, in addition to The Hotline and National Journal Daily, which are published under the National Journal brand.
Membership
National Journal’s core membership package, Leadership Council, includes access to daily journalism including NJ Daily and The Hotline, research tools such as the Presentation Center, Washington Briefing, and The Almanac of American Politics, strategic support resources, and events. National Journal’s newest standalone product, Network Science Initiative (NSI) helps members achieve their advocacy goals by identifying key influencer networks. Another standalone service provides advocacy and government affairs organizations intelligence on how their policy brand is perceived among influential policymakers.
Membership packages can be customized to include Network Science Initiative, Policy Brands Roundtable, and Leadership Council individually or in any combination.
Journalism
National Journal produces:
Contributors
Some of its best known current and former contributors have been: