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Why We Wrote This

Why We Wrote This

By: The Christian Science Monitor
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Who reports the news? People. And at The Christian Science Monitor, we believe that it’s our job to report each story with a sense of shared humanity. Through conversations with our reporters and editors, we explain the qualities behind our reporting that affect how we approach the news. Behind today’s headlines we find respect, resilience, dignity, agency, and hope. “Why We Wrote This” shows how. The Monitor is an award-winning, nonpartisan news organization with bureaus around the globe. Visit CSMonitor.com/whywewrotethis to learn more.© 1980–2026 The Christian Science Monitor Politics & Government
Episodes
  • 40 Years of Bearing Witness

    40 Years of Bearing Witness
    14 Oct 2026
    Most episodes of this podcast unpack reporters’ processes, and focus on one story. This one examines a storied career. Peter Ford retired this year from work that placed him at bureaus from Central America to Asia – and at the center of a number of high-profile geopolitical swings. A return guest, Peter rejoins the show to talk with Amelia Newcomb, a longtime former colleague, about his search for stories of human dignity and credible hope. Plus some peak culinary pursuits, and some hill-climbing, featuring spandex.
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  • Three Days That Shook the World

    Three Days That Shook the World
    14 Aug 2026
    Daniel Sneider was the Monitor’s Moscow bureau chief 35 years ago this month when Kremlin hard-liners grabbed Mikhail Gorbachev at a dacha in Crimea, in a short-lived coup attempt. In this special episode, we surface some newly unearthed archival Monitor Radio audio and talk with Dan about what Monitor multimedia reporting looked like (and sounded like) in 1991, about what the story of that era presaged, and about the qualities of Monitor journalism that Dan still holds dear. Clay Collins hosts.
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  • He Said, Xi Said

    He Said, Xi Said
    22 May 2026
    This month’s Trump-Xi summit in Beijing was an important plot point in the long and complex arc of U.S.-China relations. In this episode, Ann Scott Tyson, the Monitor’s Beijing bureau chief, joins host Matt Bell to probe the deeper meaning of the summit, discuss the work of gathering Chinese (and Taiwanese) perspectives, and explore how Ann covers the newly shifting dynamic at the world’s preeminent geopolitical fulcrum.
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