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Reforming Journalism Kindle Edition

by Marvin Olasky (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Is powerful, biblically principled journalism a lost art? In this three-part work on foundational concepts, practical techniques, and journalism’s agitated history, Marvin Olasky shows us how to become citizen-reporters and discerning consumers of news.
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"Marvin Olasky shows a way forward for news coverage with wisdom and understanding to readers. His timing is good. Old media companies are running out of money. New media entures are struggling. His proposed recovery is needed now more than ever." -- Russ Pulliam "Columnist, The Indianapolis Star"

"Reforming Journalism offers both thoughtful analysis and page-turning readability. . . Our culture desperately needs true stories, so if you want to understand why the news media are collapsing and how to tell stories that help people see the world clearly, buy this book." -- Les Sillars "Professor of Journalism, Patrick Henry College"

"A compelling case for a journalism that tells the truth by embracing the principle of absolute truth and pursuing a clear-eyed view of human nature. . . Every journalist should read this. And every Christian journalist should see it as a clarion call to be the moral conscience of a wider culture." -- Wayne Slater "Former Senior Political Writer, The Dallas Morning News"

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Marvin Olasky is the former longtime editor-in-chief of World magazine. He is an elder in the Presbyterian Church in America, the chairman of Zenger House, and the author of over twenty books, including Lament for a Father and The Tragedy of American Compassion. He was a Yale Daily News and Boston Globe reporter and has published articles in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Fortune. He served as dean of the World Journalism Institute and for twenty-five years taught journalism at the University of Texas.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07YL5XSSL
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ P&R Publishing (September 29, 2019)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 29, 2019
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 4.3 MB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 394 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1629956678
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Editor-in-chief of WORLD. Dean, World Journalism Institute. Senior Fellow, Acton Institute.

Susan and I have been married for 44 years. Four sons, four daughters-in-law, five grandchildren.

Formal education: B.A. from Yale University in 1971, Ph.D. in American Culture from the University of Michigan in 1976. Real education: Grew up in Judaism, became an atheist and a communist, and then (purely through God's grace) a Christian in 1976.

Other activities over the years: foster parent, Pony League assistant coach, PTA president, board chairman of a crisis pregnancy center and a Christian school, elder in the Presbyterian Church in America. Credited (or discredited) with developing the ideas of compassionate conservatism and biblical objectivity.

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  • Mark
    5.0 out of 5 stars A comprehensive and enjoyable how-to for worldview journalism
    Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2019
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    Slam-packed with the tools, techniques, methods, and wisdom of a seasoned practitioner, the young reader exploring or pursuing the profession of journalism will want to navigate this book with pen and notepad at the ready. An older reader who already daily labors in that field, or like me, one who just daily consumes news media, will find Olasky’s new release useful and enjoyable. Christian readers will quickly notice and appreciate they’re being discipled by a wise, godly man as they proceed chapter by chapter. There’s much more here than commentary and lessons learned from a journalism career. And those interested to observe from a distance the Christian faith applied to journalism can explore this insider’s account. He practices what he preaches, so you’ll find his prose crisp, taut, and engaging.

    Olasky sets his lessons learned within a survey of the history of US journalism, and some of his tested techniques are just priceless. Wait till you reach Chapter 4 and his eminently practical rubric for categorizing news stories using a whitewater rafting analogy. Then Chapter 9’s Third Brother principle, sprouted from the familiar Prodigal Son parable. Soon after, you’ll arrive at “Part 2, Practical Applications” which seemed odd: Part I had already yielded pages of notes capturing practical applications. If you’re interested to span outside the setting of US journalism, you’ll find a hefty appendix, “Journalism in China.”

    And who’s Marvin Olasky? The provocative foreword says a former “card-carrying Communist” of the ‘70s. But, spiritually and politically transformed, now the editor-in-chief for World magazine. Remember “compassionate conservatism” from the Bush 2000 campaign? Olasky was the campaign advisor crafting that attribute for the Bush 43 presidency.
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  • Melanie Johnson
    5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommend to Christians who happen to be journalists
    Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2020
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    This book is amazing! As an upper level journalism major at a secular college, this book is a breath of fresh air. It is showing me how I can be a journalist and Christian, something that is lacking in my classes at school.
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  • Dale Tompkins
    5.0 out of 5 stars Must read for any Christian pursuing a career in journalism.
    Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2019
    A few months back, my oldest daughter came to me and told me she was considering going to college to become a journalist. As a pastor, my first thought was not one of joy. My daughter is a gifted writer who finished her first novel-length book when she was only fourteen and dreamt of going to Oxford to study creative writing. I had long since come to terms with the idea of my daughter being a writer, but never in my wildest dreams would I have thought she would want to be a journalist. We live in an age where journalists are viewed as slightly more honest than a used car salesman. Not to mention the agendas she would be forced to report regardless of whether they are true or not. To say as a father and a pastor that I was not wrestling with her choice would be a lie. Nevertheless, like any loving father would do I encouraged her to research and learn more about her new career path. We began to develop a list of ways that God could use her as a journalist.

    Thankfully and I believe providentially, the book Reforming Journalism entered our story. The author captured our imagination in chapter one with a new way to look at what it meant to be a Christian and a journalist. To use his words, my daughter could, “tell the truth by providing salt, not sugar, as we report good news without making it sticky sweet, and bad news that shows us our desperate need for Christ.” To her, that meant that she would not be regulated to writing “Christian” puff pieces that only served to make people feel better. She could also report on the bad she found in the world in a way that would ultimately honor Christ. The author goes on to describe what that might look like in chapter two when he wrote, “Christian journalists, in short, can have the joy of offering salt, not sugar and not acid. We can publish what we believe to be true, not what we or someone else would like to be true. Christian journalists can have the joy of speaking up for those it’s convenient to forget: the unborn, the unemployed, the uneducated victimized by poor schools, and the politically unfashionable.” For the first time, I was excited about the idea of my daughter being this kind of journalist. The first ten chapters of the book serve as the foundation for what it takes to develop into this kind of Christian journalist.

    In part two of the book, the author gets beyond the basics and beings to unpack the journalist’s toolbox. Covering topics like how to conduct an interview, how to research, investigative journalism, how to write well, and how to handle your critics. In the third part of the book, the author surveys the past and present state of journalism. He concludes this section by reminding would-be Christian journalists that we serve a God that not only expects us to dig deeper but encourages it!

    Perhaps like me, your son or daughter has come to you want to pursue a career in journalism. Maybe you are that son or daughter trying to convince less open-minded Christian parents of your career choice. Both will find encouragement for what it can mean to be a faithful Christian and a journalist. The author will give you the essential tools and biblical foundation to begin your new journey as a journalist. While you will still have much to learn Reforming Journalism will get you pointed in the right direction.
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Deep dive into a Christian reformation of journalism
    Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2023
    It's no secret that American journalism today is pretty much a joke. Olasky's book identifies why. I was so surprised--and yet not surprised--when he recounted being in a roomful of journalism students more invested in changing the world, however they saw fit, than in reporting the truth. As Olasky explains, that is not the way to go. He shows his experience and level of deep thought in his argument here about how a Christian should think about journalism and how this practice might be reformed in the US. Highly recommended for anyone in the news world or thinking of breaking into the news world.
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