Journalism Through the Eyes of Faith

A conference for journalists, educators, and students on the intersection of religion and media.

• What is the place of religious commitments in the work of professional journalists?
• What obstacles does the journalist of faith confront in writing for a pluralistic audience?
• What challenges does the issue of faith pose for journalists when covering the world of politics?
  

Featured Speakers Include:

Ray Suarez
Author of The Holy Vote: The Politics of Faith in America, and a senior correspondent for "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer"

Jerry Mitchell
Award-winning investigative reporter with the Jackson (Miss.) Clarion-Ledger whose reporting work has led to KKK convictions in Civil Rights-era murders

Jennifer Arul
Broadcast journalist and bureau chief, New Delhi Television, Ltd., and chief operating officer, Astro Awani, Indonesian news and information channel

Bill Norton
Former assistant features editor, The Kansas City Star, and Journalist-in-Residence at Bethel University

Ted Olsen
Managing editor for news and online journalism at Christianity Today, and writer of the CTI Weblog, a comprehensive religion news roundup

David Domke
Professor and head of journalism at the University of Washington and author of The God Strategy: How Religion Became A Political Weapon in America

For more information contact:
Events Services Office
651.638.6090 • event-services@bethel.edu

Support for this conference has been provided by Gene and Kathy Johnson, publishers of newspapers in Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Additional funding was provided by Christianity Today International.

Jennifer Arul's participation was made possible by a Fieldstead Journalism Lecture Series Grant awarded by the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities and Fieldstead & Co.