The journal "aims to be the authoritative, comprehensive source of information about knowledge, skills, and opportunities in the field of medical communication worldwide.
[2] In 1951, the Bulletin of the American Medical Writers Association was first published quarterly.
In 1970 the AMWA Newsletter was introduced, and the editor wrote that "the inaugural issue benefited from several months of organizational silence and the leftovers of the defunct Bulletin.
The first issue of the AMWA Journal was published in the fall of 1986, with Ronald Sanchez as editor-in-chief.
Sections include Around the Career Block, Commonplaces, Media Reviews, Practical Matters, Regulatory Insights, Social Media, Statistically Speaking, and Everyday Ethics.