journal
Personal written chronicle
A journal is a record of daily events or reflections—a diary kept for personal use or a log maintained for professional purposes: She wrote in her journal every night, a ship's journal.
In publishing, a journal is a periodical devoted to a specialized field: a medical journal, an academic journal.
In accounting, it's a book recording financial transactions.
The word shares roots with journey—both connect to the span of a day.
Printed periodical of current events
- magazineBound periodical with articles
- periodicalRecurring printed publication
- pressApply force downward
- correspondentJournalist covering distant events
tabloid · gazette · reporter · masthead · column · byline · subscriber · circulation
Items logged or submitted
- notebookBlank pages for jottings
- personalRelating to one's self
- privateRestricted to certain parties
- handwrittenWritten by hand
thoughts · feelings · memories · secrets · confessions · intimate · daily · musings
Evaluated by field experts
- scholarlyMarked by serious learning
- publicationIssued written material
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
- articleWritten piece or grammatical word
citation · editor · submission · abstract · methodology · quarterly · review · contributor
Recording financial transactions systematically
- accountsRecords of transactions
- transactionsExchanges of value
- entriesItems logged or submitted
- daybookDaily transaction register
cashbook · balance · posting · audit · double-entry · credits · debits · financial
Record of past events
- annalsYear-by-year historical account
- archivesStored historical documents
- timelineOrdered display of events
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
register · account · almanac · record · historical · events · narrative · serial
Preserved account or achievement
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- logbookOfficial record of events
- shipSeagoing transport vessel
- captainOne who commands
flight · travel · chronological · notation · timestamp · voyage · expedition · observation
Self-penned life narrative
- reminiscenceRecalling past experiences
- recollectionRecalled mental image
- narrativeAccount of events
- anecdoteBrief account of incident
nostalgia · retrospective · testimony · confession · introspection · self-discovery · experiences · legacy
newspaper
Printed periodical of current events
- magazineBound periodical with articles
- periodicalRecurring printed publication
- pressApply force downward
correspondent · tabloid · gazette · reporter · masthead · column · byline · subscriber · circulation · daily
entries
Items logged or submitted
handwritten · thoughts · feelings · memories · secrets · confessions · intimate · daily · musings · reflections
peer-reviewed
Evaluated by field experts
- scholarlyMarked by serious learning
- publicationIssued written material
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
article · citation · editor · submission · abstract · methodology · quarterly · review · contributor · bibliography
bookkeeping
Recording financial transactions systematically
- accountsRecords of transactions
- transactionsExchanges of value
- entriesItems logged or submitted
daybook · cashbook · balance · posting · audit · double-entry · credits · debits · financial · accounting
history
Record of past events
- annalsYear-by-year historical account
- archivesStored historical documents
- timelineOrdered display of events
documentation · register · account · almanac · record · historical · events · narrative · serial · reportage
record
Preserved account or achievement
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- logbookOfficial record of events
- shipSeagoing transport vessel
captain · flight · travel · chronological · notation · timestamp · voyage · expedition · observation · scientific
autobiography
Self-penned life narrative
- reminiscenceRecalling past experiences
- recollectionRecalled mental image
- narrativeAccount of events
anecdote · nostalgia · retrospective · testimony · confession · introspection · self-discovery · experiences · legacy · vignette
- writing-related termsparagraph, sentence, word, letter, punctuation
- office suppliespens, pencils, paper clip, staplers, paperclip
- textstext, book, article, essay, document
- academiaprofessors, universities, graduation cap, biology department, professor
- creative expressionself-portrait, memoir, diary, autobiography, personal essay
- researchstudy, research papers, researching, archive, peer review
journalpublic announcement
Official communication to all
broadcast · speech · proclamation · press release · social media post
- print journalismNews published on paper
- healing journeyGradual return to wholeness
- bullet journalModular analog planning system
- spiritual journeyPursuit of transcendent meaning
- scientific journalsPublications for scholarly research
- safe journeyWish for smooth travels
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