The name changed to the Micronesian Independent and then The Marshall Islands Journal shortly afterward, and they moved into a new building, where construction had begun in 1969.
[1] The newspaper benefited from the lack of competition,[1] and its early criticism of Micronesian politicians and the American Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands gave it credibility among the Marshallese public.
It has been especially critical of earlier American nuclear weapons tests in the Marshall Islands such as Castle Bravo.
The Boston Globe commented on The Marshall Islands Journal in its 1994 list of worst newspapers, describing it as "first-class".
[1] The paper has covered climate change in the Marshall Islands with increasing frequency since 1992, eventually leading to weekly content on the issue.