[2] The Chartered Institute of Journalists was proposed during a meeting in Manchester and later became known as the National Association of Journalists at a meeting in the Grand Hotel in Birmingham in October 1884, "to promote and advance the common interests of the profession of journalism.
"[3] It changed its name to the Institute of Journalists in 1888, and received a Royal Charter from Queen Victoria in 1890.
Disaffected members left in 1910 to form the rival National Union of Journalists, and unsuccessful attempts to merge the two bodies were made in 1921, 1928, 1943, and 1966.
The last introduced a period of dual membership, but the experiment ended within 5 years.
The CIoJ created the Media Society in 1973, and was a founder member of the International News Safety Institute.