World (magazine)

WORLD
Editor in Chief Marvin Olasky
Categories news, religion, culture, politics
Frequency Biweekly
Circulation 100,000
Founder Joel Belz
First issue 1986
Company World News Group/God's World Publications
Country United States
Based in Asheville, North Carolina
Language English
Website world.wng.org
ISSN 0888-157X

World (often stylized in all-caps as WORLD) is a biweekly[1] Christian news magazine, published in the United States by God's World Publications, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization based in Asheville, North Carolina.[2] World's declared perspective is one of Christian evangelical Protestantism.[3]

Each issue features both U.S. and international news, cultural analysis, editorials and commentary, as well as book, music and movie reviews. World's end of the year issue covers stories from the previous year, obituaries, and statistics.[4]

History

Launched by Joel Belz in 1986 as a replacement for The Presbyterian Journal, a then-44-year-old publication that had been founded specifically "to challenge the assumptions and activities of the liberals and to return the Southern Presbyterian denomination to its biblical moorings", World was intended to serve "an educational rather than an ecclesiastical task—a vision focused on the importance of a biblical worldview for all of life". It started small, with only about 5,000 initial subscribers and only 12,000 after three years.[5] The publishers initially requested donations in every issue to stay afloat. It has grown in the years since, and as a non-profit organization it continues to accept donations.[6] In 2008, Kevin Martin became CEO, replacing the retiring Joel Belz. In 2012, World began referring to itself as World News Group, which includes its print, digital, and broadcast properties.

Corporate heads

The corporate heads are Kevin Martin, CEO, and Nick Eicher, Chief Content Officer.

Editorial team

World News Group's editorial staff is led by Marvin Olasky, Editor in Chief, and Mindy Belz, Senior Editor. Timothy Lamer is Editor of World Magazine, Jamie Dean is National Editor, Daniel James Devine is Managing Editor, and Janie B. Cheaney, Susan Olasky, Andrée Seu Peterson, John Piper, Edward E. Plowman, Cal Thomas, and Lynn Vincent are contributors. The reporting staff includes Emily Belz, Sophia Lee, and Angela Lu. Other contributors include Megan Basham, Julie Borg, Anthony Bradley, Andrew Branch, Tim Challies, Michael Cochrane, Kiley Crossland, John Dawson, Juliana Chan Erikson, Katie Gaultney, Kim Henderson, Charles Horton, Mary Jackson, Jill Nelson, Arsenio Orteza, Stephanie Perrault, Jenny Schmitt, Jae Wasson, and Emily Whitten. The magazine's art director is David K. Freeland, Robert L. Patete is associate art director, and Rachel Beatty is a graphic designer.

World received national media attention in 2009, when its then features editor Lynn Vincent was chosen to collaborate on former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's memoir, Going Rogue: An American Life.[7][8][9][10]

Coverage of evangelical controversies

World has received positive critical commentary regarding its investigative reporting on controversies within the evangelical Christian community.

In an August 29, 2009, cover story, World reported on the controversial C Street Center in Washington, D.C., and the secretive organization behind it, the Fellowship, a.k.a. "The Family."[11] Scott Horton of Harper's Magazine praised the piece, saying "[World’s] attitude is critical and exacting. The piece looks like serious journalism, much like the publication’s exposé work on Ralph Reed and other scandals in the past."[12] World's coverage of C Street house also caught the attention of MSNBC's Rachel Maddow, who on her August 17, 2009, show said, "The article exposes The Family‘s mysterious money trail and describes the C Street scandals using the word 'scandal' and argues that The Family subscribes to a, quote, 'muddy theology' and it harbors, quote, 'a disdain for the established church.'"[13]

The magazine reported that Christian apologist and conservative political commentator Dinesh D'Souza had shared a hotel room with his fiancee prior to filing for divorce from his previous wife.[14] After World broke the story, D'Souza resigned as president of New York's The King's College in response.[15][16]

World Digital

World's digital properties are headed up by Executive Editor Mickey McLean. The World Digital website includes online-only features, daily news briefs, and columns, podcasts, and editorial cartoons. All of World's content is available on its website and through its apps for iOS, Android, and Amazon Kindle devices.

World Radio

On August 6, 2011, World launched a weekly two-hour radio news program called The World and Everything in It.[17][18] Hosted by executive producer Nick Eicher and senior producer Joseph Slife, the program aired weekends on several U.S. stations and featured reports, interviews, and analysis from the magazine's editorial team. In May 2013, The World and Everything in It became a 30-minute daily program and is now available as a podcast and via online streaming. Slife left the program in May 2017 and was replaced as co-host by Mary Reichard. J.C. Derrick became the program's managing editor.

In January 2014, World Radio launched a weekly interview program hosted by Warren Cole Smith called Listening In. It is available as a podcast and streams online.

References

  1. ↑ Eicher, Nickolas (January 12, 2008). "A changing World". World Magazine. Retrieved 2008-07-02.
  2. ↑ "How to reach us". World Mag. Retrieved 2008-07-02.
  3. ↑ Olasky, Marvin. "World tries to be salt, not sugar". World Mag. Retrieved 2008-07-02.
  4. ↑ Olasky, Marvin. "About us". World Mag. Retrieved 2008-04-04.
  5. ↑ Belz, Joel (March 24, 2001). "Publishing... by design". World Magazine. Retrieved 2011-05-29.
  6. ↑ Eicher, Nickolas (November 21, 2009). "Needed: World Movers". World Magazine. Retrieved 2009-12-28.
  7. ↑ Mickey McLean (May 21, 2009). "Guts and grace". WORLDmag.com. Retrieved 2009-12-28.
  8. ↑ "Sarah Palin picks conservative author to assist on memoir". Associated Press. May 21, 2009. Archived from the original on May 25, 2009. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
  9. ↑ Dan Gilgoff (May 22, 2009). "Sarah Palin Picks Christian Journalist to Collaborate on Memoir". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 2009-12-28.
  10. ↑ Ben Smith (October 2, 2009). "Palin co-author: Evangelical, partisan". Politico. Retrieved 2009-12-28.
  11. ↑ Belz, Emily; Pitts, Edward Lee (August 29, 2009). "All in the family". World Magazine. Retrieved 2011-08-16.
  12. ↑ Horton, Scott (August 17, 2009). "Reporting on C Street". Harper's Magazine. Retrieved 2009-12-28.
  13. ↑ Maddow, Rachel (August 17, 2009). "The Rachel Maddow Show". MSNBC (transcript). Retrieved 2009-12-28.
  14. ↑ Smith, Warren Cole (16 October 2012). "King's crisis". World. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  15. ↑ Kaminer, Ariel (October 18, 2012). "Star Commentator Is Out as Christian College President After Scandal". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
  16. ↑ Sessions, David (October 18, 2012). "Dinesh D'Souza Resigns Presidency of The King's College". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2012-10-20.
  17. ↑ "The World and Everything in It". Salem Radio Network. Retrieved 2011-08-16.
  18. ↑ Al Peterson (July 13, 2011). "SRN Debuts 'The World And Everything In It'". NTS MediaOnline. Retrieved 2011-08-28.
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