Is this newspaper one-sided? Are some topics off limits? Inquiring readers want to know.
By Bobby Ross Jr. | The Christian Chronicle
As a journalist, I ask a lot of questions.
For a change, I decided to answer a few.
As The Christian Chronicle’s editor-in-chief, I often hear from readers curious about what we do. In this special Q&A, I offer a bit of insight:
“How do you determine what type of story you are going to cover? Do people send you ideas or leads? And are there topics you will not cover?” — Kim Davis Leatherwood, Huckaby Church of Christ in Texas
We do our best to cover stories that we believe will be interesting or important to members of Churches of Christ across the United States and even around the world.
We receive ideas in a variety of ways. People do provide leads, which we greatly appreciate, even if we can’t get to everything. We also pay attention to how breaking news — be it a natural disaster or a new law passing — affects Christians.
Occasionally, a story idea develops from something as simple as a conversation at the grocery store or a post we see on someone’s Facebook page.
No topics are off limits, but we do our best to provide a mix of inspiring and unifying stories along with those perceived as distressful or controversial.
This column appears in the September print edition of The Christian Chronicle.
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