journal as a written medium

       This article is about the journal as a written medium. For other uses, see Journal (disambiguation).
A journal (through French from Latin diurnalis, daily) has several related meanings:
a daily record of events or business; a private journal is usually referred to as a diary
a newspaper or other periodical, in the literal sense of one published each day
many publications issued at stated intervals, such as academic journals (including scientific journals), or the record of the transactions of a society,