The Christian Science Monitor: An Evolving Experiment in Journalism

"The Christian Science Monitor" is one of world's leading journalistic publications, despite the fact that it no longer offers a physical, printed newspaper. Indeed, CSM 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 every other printed publication, "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.