Writing for the Love of It
Editors have a responsibility to encourage young writers, and help them learn the right reasons for doing what they do.
Continue ReadingEvery Editor Needs an Editor
Why we never "arrive" as writers, and how to keep growing as editors.
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What Does it Mean to Serve the Reader?
What does it mean for a journalist to have a servant heart?
Continue ReadingOn Wounded Writers, Editors and Prophets
Thoughts on Henri Nouwen, and the work of Christian journalism.
Continue ReadingGet to Know the Little Book
Strunk and White’s classic deserves a place on your bookshelf.
Continue ReadingThe Compleat Editor
A look at a book that can help you develop the core skill needed by every editor — writing.
Continue ReadingJournalism 101: What Makes a Story Newsworthy?
This is pretty basic stuff, but it doesn’t hurt to be reminded of the qualities that make a story worthy of the name "news."
Continue ReadingStarving Artists
A heartfelt plea from an industry hard-hit by the slump in the Christian periodical world.
Continue ReadingWWJD as an Editor?
Journalism professor Michael R. Smith looks at "In His Steps" author Charles Sheldon’s attempt to answer this question.
Continue ReadingWhy Cover Negative News?
When bad things happen to God’s people, what’s a Christian publication to do? While there can be pressure from readers to report only upbeat, positive news, the publisher of The Charlotte World explains why his paper covers both the good and the bad.
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