WJI Speakers

  • Nick Eicher

    Nick Eicher

    WORLD magazine

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    Nick Eicher is publisher of WORLD magazine. He has been a broadcast and print journalist for over three decades. Eicher has served WORLD magazine as a writer and reporter, editor, managing editor, and now publisher. He has served formerly as CEO of WORLD's parent corporation, God's World Publications, where he oversaw the publication of WORLD as well as the training and workshop program of the World Journalism Institute. In his spare time, Nick has taught editing and story structure for WJI. He has also served his duty in government and politics -- as a press secretary to U.S. Rep. John W. "Jack" Buechner in Washington (1986-88) and then as press secretary for the Mark F. "Thor" Hearne congressional campaign (1988). Eicher started broadcasting as a high-schooler (KYMC-FM, WCBW-FM, St. Louis), earned a news anchor position as a freshman (KCOU, Columbia) at the University of Missouri, became news director of KSIV-AM, St. Louis, while finishing his d...  more >

  • Edward Pitts

    Edward Pitts

    WORLD magazine

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    Edward Lee Pitts is the Washington Bureau Chief for WORLD magazine. His assignments have sent him from Capitol Hill to the White House to the Supreme Court. But his reporting also has taken him beyond the Capital Beltway. Leading up to the 2010 elections, Lee embarked on a 10-day, 4,225 mile cross-country trip through competitive congressional districts in 16 states. In 2004-2005, as a reporter for the Chattanooga Times Free Press, Lee embedded with a National Guard Regimental Combat unit in Iraq for nearly 7 months. Before joining WORLD, Lee served as press secretary for U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander. Entering his tenth year in the media world, Lee earned a master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University.   more >

  • Warren Smith

    Warren Smith

    WORLD magazine

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    Warren Cole Smith is associate publisher of WORLD magazine and editor of WORLD News Service.  He has written, co-written, or edited more than nine books, including his most recent, A Lover’s Quarrel With The Evangelical Church. He has also written more than 1,000 articles for a wide range of print and on-line publications, including WORLD magazine, the Dallas Morning News, BeliefNet.com, Sports Afield, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Charlotte Observer, and Alaska magazine. As a commentator and observer of modern religious life he has been quoted by The New York Times, CBS News, FOX News, and many others. He lives in Charlotte with his wife and four children.   more >