The Christian Science Monitor: An Evolving Experiment in Journalism

This text provides a unique examination of The Christian Science Monitor, a highly respected, venerable news publication that has survived over a century of changes and challenges.

The Christian Science Monitor is one of the world's leading journalistic publications, having won multiple Pulitzer prizes for its reporting. CSM is innovative and forward-thinking as well--it was one of the first newspapers to provide an online copy of its daily reporting in 1996, well before the popularization of the Internet. But just like other publications, The Christian Science Monitor will need to continue to reinvent itself in order to stay relevant and solvent in the face of plummeting readership numbers, corporate takeovers, and a widespread assumption that all of today's news sources are biased and inaccurate.

This book provides a thorough discussion of CSM's treatment of sensitive topics like terrorism, international crises, gender issues, and sexual orientation. The paper's attitudes toward ethnicity, ethics, economics, philosophy, and racism are also profiled. The conclusion provides readers with an opportunity to draw upon their new knowledge of The Christian Science Monitor's past to project its direction for the future.

Author: Linda Fuller
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 09/12/2011
Pages: 248
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780313379949

About the Author

Linda K. Fuller, PhD, is senior fellow at Northeastern University, Boston, MA, and professor of communications at Worcester State University, MA.