Crossing the Media Landscape

By Marcel Vander Wier

August 1, 2016

It's no news that newspapers and other print publications are staggering under the weight of debt and plunging readership. But Marcel Vander Wier discovers that Christian publications are showing surprising resilience amid the general decline and fall.

While secular media continue to focus on conflict in a bid to sell newspapers, Mackey said he believes it is a Christian publication's role to bring ideas of reconciliation to the forefront, noting it was Saint Paul who first described members of the faith as ambassadors of mediation Now 76, Mackey said the importance of Christian media lies in its ability to bring perspective to Christian readers in terms of where their faith fits into a broader community context The long-time community newspaperman believes Christian publications have the ability to focus stories on collaboration and conciliation, maintaining that newspapers and other media link communities within communities in a way no other institution can

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