WJI Newsroom

  • In Memoriam: John McCandlish Phillips

    Apr 11, 2013

    John McCandlish Phillips, 1927-2013 John McCandlish Phillips, the gold standard for Christian journalists in the last half of the 20th century, has died in his beloved home, New York City, at 85. I first met Mr. Phillips in the early years of this century when WJI began its long-standing relationship with The King’s College in Manhattan. Mr. Phillips, who was 6’6&... more >

  • WJI Buzz - Miltenberger, Wise, Sandford, Hackett

    Mar 16, 2013

    Molly Ellen Miltenberger (2010) will be getting married in July 2013 to the Rev. Gordon Murray and moving to Lairg, Scotland. They met when Molly attended the Creative Writing Course at the summer school of Exeter College in Oxford in 2012. Molly is a graduate of New St. Andrews College. Holly Wise (2004) started a news nonprofit organization called VoiceBox Medi... more >

  • WJI Buzz - Amy Awards, Hampton, Wardlaw, Cunningham, Pipkin, Evans, Dickerson

    Feb 19, 2013

    WORLD magazine has begun administering a program that will allow young journalists to glorify God and also win chunks of $34,000. The Amy Foundation Writing Awards are designed to recognize creative, skillful journalism that applies biblical principles to stories about issues and lives. Journalists can submit articles published in any secular journalistic outlet, including college newspapers... more >

  • WJI Buzz - Burkholder, Burklin, Sanchez, Waterman

    Feb 7, 2013

    Lindsay Burkholder (2011) is now a winter news intern at the Chattanooga Times Free-Press. She is a graduate of Covenant College. Stephan Burklin (2011) finished an internship with Sen. Susan Collins (Maine) and is now working at the American Enterprise Institute as communications assistant for defense and foreign policy. Marilette dela Cruz Sanchez (2009) and her husband have a 7 m... more >

  • WJI Buzz - Chu, Bottum, Reneau, Bushatz

    Jan 29, 2013

    Elbert Chu (2010) worked last summer for Popular Science magazine, and they published the October issue online which included bylined articles on military grade binoculars, how to stop the next pandemic, and how the Navy's new warships strike land- based targets from 75 miles away. Joseph Bottom (WJI speaker ’09, ‘10) is a widely published essayist and poet, with work in ... more >

  • WJI Buzz - Bailey, Borgelt, Duin, Moon

    Oct 27, 2012

    Sarah Pulliam Bailey (‘00) is the new managing editor of Odyssey Networks in New York City. Odyssey is the leading the multimedia outlet's editorial direction for covering religion. She was formerly online editor for Christianity Today. Bailey is a graduate of Wheaton College. She is looking to hire an online editor in New York City. Contact her and check out the followin... more >

  • WJI Buzz - Cheng, Einselen, Hagan, McDill

    Oct 5, 2012

    Evelyn Cheng (‘10) has been awarded a WJI internship stipend to be an editorial research intern at the New York Times Shanghai Bureau in China. Cheng is a student at New York University. Sarah Einselen (‘10) was recently promoted to news editor at the Logansport (Ind.) Pharos-Tribune, where she was previously a staff reporter. She was selected to atte... more >

  • WJI Buzz - Rogers, Ferguson, Case, Reiner

    Sep 21, 2012

    Catherine Rogers ('11) has been chosen to be one of three interns for WORLD on Campus. She will have the highest byline count on the website as she will be writing 3 articles a week, keeping up with a regular beat of higher education and generating story ideas for other WORLD on Campus writers. Catherine is a student at Bryan College. Her email is crogers9671@student.bryan.edu.... more >

  • WJI Buzz - Collins

    Sep 10, 2012

    Kim Collins (‘03), long time WJI Deputy Director, is leaving the institute on September 11, 2012, to assume a development position with the Bowery Mission in New York City. The Bowery Mission is the granddaddy of urban missions in the United States, being well over 100 years old. Kim will manage a capital campaign for the mission. Kim is a graduate of the WJI multi-week cours... more >

  • WJI Buzz - Adeniyi, Derrick, Dykstra, Landow

    Aug 28, 2012

    Emmanuel Adeniyi (WJI Belz Fellow ‘12) is a reporter for the Nigerian Tribune. He is a poet and literary critic, and has a master’s degree from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Adeniyi has a blog (flickerstoday.blogspot.com). J.C. Derrick (‘12) is a WJI-funded intern for World magazine, working in the Washington, D.C., bureau. Derrick is a gra... more >