A Tribute to Christianity Today & Today’s Christian Woman

In a #bittersweet farewell of sorts, I’m writing to say my time as online editor of Today’s Christian Woman  has officially come to an end. I wrapped up 18 months at Christianity Today Friday to take a new job — as Editor of Wheaton Magazine (ATTENTION all Wheaton students, alumni, and friends: got any story… Continue reading A Tribute to Christianity Today & Today’s Christian Woman

Wheaton College’s Journalism Certificate Program: #kindofabigdeal

This is a spontaneous blog post to brag shamelessly about how amazing Wheaton College’s journalism certificate program students are. Professor Tim Morgan and I just wrapped up another round of end-of-semester conferences with our students, and I’m so happy I could cry. Over the past 15 months, not only have our journalism students written hundreds… Continue reading Wheaton College’s Journalism Certificate Program: #kindofabigdeal

Falling Plates: when death is just a memory

by Maria Krump, guest writer What if it is true? What if, all of a sudden, you find yourself…THERE. On eternity’s shore. But your feet don’t really know where “there” is, do they? They want to. And they keep aching for firm ground, for something, anything to land on, to find that footing and balance… Continue reading Falling Plates: when death is just a memory

From Wheaton College to TIME Magazine: Elizabeth Dias’ Advice to Aspiring Journalists

“All journalists are insecure overachievers-learn how to make mistakes and own them. Your mistakes don’t define you.” This was one of many memorable phrases shared by TIME Magazine reporter Elizabeth Dias at Wheaton College’s Homecoming weekend 2013. The weekend marked her fifth year college reunion, and she came to campus as a guest of the… Continue reading From Wheaton College to TIME Magazine: Elizabeth Dias’ Advice to Aspiring Journalists

In Today’s News: Breaking Bad, Sexting, Government Shutdown, and more

The news is pretty depressing. “If it bleeds, it leads,” my Medill journalism school professors used to say–almost daily. I’ve managed to stay far, far, away from the crime beats in the newsroom, but that doesn’t change the fact that life (at least, according to newspaper headlines), sucks most of the time. Today’s headlines are… Continue reading In Today’s News: Breaking Bad, Sexting, Government Shutdown, and more

3 Pieces of Advice Every Wheaton College Student Should Know

This post was written in under 60 minutes tonight as part of ChicagoNow’s “Blogapalooza.” Every blogger (420 of us) was given the challenge to write advice to a person, group, pet, or thing in less than an hour, so as a 2011 Wheaton College graduate and current staff member with Wheaton’s journalism certificate, I wanted… Continue reading 3 Pieces of Advice Every Wheaton College Student Should Know