World Journalism Institute
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The World Journalism Institute (WJI) was founded by Robert Case in 1999. WJI is a journalism school whose mission is to recruit, equip, place and encourage journalists who are Christians in the mainstream newsrooms of America. In 1998, Joel Belz, Nick Eicher, and Robert Case discussed the possibility of establishing a school of journalism with Marvin Olasky of World magazine. Nancy Pearcey is the current Francis A. Schaeffer Scholar at the Institute, where she teaches a worldview curriculum based on her book Total Truth:Liberating Christianity from its Cultural Captivity (Crossway, 2004).
[edit] 2004 Controversy
In 2004 WJI came under fire and was challenged by some critics to cut its ties with Olasky after "USA Today reporter Jack Kelley, [...] had been scheduled to speak at an institute luncheon around the time the newspaper's investigation of Kelley's fabricated stories concluded. Soon, questions were raised about other institute guest instructors. [...] A large part of the criticism stem[med] from World magazine's directed reporting philosophy, which call[ed] on Christian journalists to "'report biblically,' not objectively." (Christianity Today 6/11/04). WJI did reorganize its mission and philosophy but without completely cutting ties with Olasky.
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