Following Christ 2008: Journalism & Media Track
Welcome to the Journalism & Media Track informational page for Following Christ 2008! Read here about our plans for the program and get to know those who are leading the track.
You may be interested in participating in this track if you are studying journalism or working in that field or if you are studying or working in communications or media of any kind. Those of you in media may also want to consider the Arts Track, depending on your focus.
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Track Leaders
Christine Tatum, Chair
Christine Tatum is editor-in-chief of Infoition News Services, Inc., a rapidly growing provider of business news and information to dozens of Fortune 500 companies, congressional lawmakers and committees, and high-profile trade associations and law firms. Her career stops also include the Chicago Tribune, The Denver Post, and (Greensboro, N.C.) News & Record. Tatum served as 2006-07 national president of the Society of Professional Journalists, the country’s largest journalism-advocacy organization. She is a North Carolina native and graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She lives in Denver with her psychiatrist husband and two children.
Scott Young, Point
Rev. Scott Young is Co-Founder and Director Emeritus of the City of the Angels Film Festival in Hollywood. He is the director of Graduate & Faculty Ministry for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship at the University of Southern California and University of California, Los Angeles. Scott has been an adjunct instructor at Fuller Theological Seminary, Art Center: College of Design, Los Angeles Film Study Center, and Biola University.
Program Summary
Journalism and media pervade and dominate our cultural landscape — and that’s not a bad thing.
Through the press and popular media, we are inspired to speak our minds; to rebuild broken homes, communities, and countries; and to hold our elected leaders accountable for their actions. Through the press and popular media, institutions that give our society meaning, purpose, and structure advance their agendas, messages, and visions.
Even our conceptions and dreams of human flourishing are derived largely from our media-saturated world.
Join us for a critical and highly creative examination of the news, information, and images that massively influence the fabric of our society and our every-day actions. We will investigate some of the most significant issues and trends affecting both the professionals who work in newsrooms and editing bays and the people who consume their work.
Among the questions we’ll discuss:
- Why should Christians enter the fields of journalism and filmmaking?
- What are the necessary competencies in character and craft for anyone wanting to exemplify “human flourishing” in journalism and media?
- How should the Christian community engage the secular media? How should it champion the production of news and movies that exhibit human flourishing?
- How can people honor Jesus while presenting views that violate their conscience?
- How could new technologies be used creatively to produce and distribute news and information that changes the world for the better?
This fast-paced and highly interactive track of programs will aim to challenge and inspire you. It will feature veterans of film and news production, freewheeling conversation, and more-focused small-group interaction. Participants will be assigned to craft a story on deadline and should be prepared to share tips, tricks, and information about the technologies and tools they use to produce great work.
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