One of the less-helpful things the media does is predict things: elections, wars, economic trends. First, we’re usually wrong. Second, predicting doesn’t really help understanding.
Today’s Monitor presents an alternative. Many people are trying to predict what will happen in Gaza or Venezuela. What we do, instead, is look at where people are working toward outcomes.
Of course, we don’t know what will happen. But the future is made by those working to shape it. Wars will end. Elections will finish. Who is working toward that moment, and what variables are in play? That’s more than guesswork. It’s constructive journalism.
Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that.
The Church publishes the Monitor because it sees good journalism as vital to progress in the world. Since 1908, we’ve aimed “to injure no man, but to bless all mankind,” as our founder, Mary Baker Eddy, put it.
Here, you’ll find award-winning journalism not driven by commercial influences – a news organization that takes seriously its mission to uplift the world by seeking solutions and finding reasons for credible hope.
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