Our Story
The Municipal Journal was spun from a combination of curiosity and urgency: a curiosity to delve into the inner workings of often neglected functions of politics and an urgency to address a teeming political atmosphere. Our team came together to finally create something to address these two untapped outlets and created this publication that serves as a space of exploration and information.
Our Mission
As a Journalist Entity we strive to:
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Describe the inner workings of local functions, including but not limited to municipal governments and local initiatives.
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Consolidate information into digestible articles and bolster community awareness.
Our Team
Faith Qiao
Though she is no longer working with MJC, Faith still remains in touch with us.
Lucy Yao
Co Editor-in-Chief
Lucy is one of the managers of the MJC writing, marketing and illustration teams. She comes up with new ideas and makes sure everyone is meeting their goals.
Catherine Qin
Co Editor-in-Chief
Catherine is a hardworking manager of the MJC writing, marketing and illustration teams. She checks in with people and helps with editing and planning.
Praghna Palaparthy
Editor and Publicity Manager
Praghna is the head of our marketing teams, and spearheads our public outreach to make MJC more well known. She also works as an editor, reading over articles before they are published.
Heidi Chin
Illustration Director
Heidi is the leader of our illustrations team. She makes sure everyone gets their illustrations in on time and helps out when needed.
Ananya Biswas
Editor and Web Manager
Ananya manages the website, posting articles online for MJC. In addition, Ananya is one of the editors for MJC.
Benjamin Qiao
Editor
Benjamin is one of our editors, proofreading articles to make sure they meet our standards. He also helps the writing teams produce the quality articles of the MJC blog.