Encouraging Better Journalism

In this episode, Dan Hugger speaks with Marvin Olasky, executive editor for News and Global at Christianity Today and the founder and chairman of Zenger House. They discuss many of the news stories that won the 2025 Zenger Prizes. What is the state of journalism today? How does honoring excellence in journalism encourage better journalism? What makes for a good story, ethically and technically? How can those who love reading great journalism become great journalists themselves? Zenger House | Biblically Objective Journalism 2025 Winners | Zenger House At Bible Study for the Homeless, a Search for Meaning | The New York Times What I Saw in the Darién Gap | The Atlantic The Border Crisis Won't Be Solved, No Matter Who Wins the Election Heroes and heartbreak: 36 hours of hell in Helene's historic floods A Retiree in California Is Teaching Afghan Women How to Drive | The New York Times ‘I lied about everything’: An NFL player hid his family trauma until he saved them — and himself | The Athletic The Indian Midwives Who Turned the Tide on Infanticide The Christians Trying to Restore Our Faith in Elections | Christianity Today The Heroic Race to Rescue 370 Orphans from a War Zone—Twice | WSJ Doctors Can Now Save Very Premature Babies. Most Hospitals Don’t Try. | WSJ The Most Revealing Moment of a Trump Rally | The Atlantic The Elements of Style | Wikipedia Writing with Style: The Economist Guide | Profile Books Globe Trot | Mindy Belz | Substack Bonnie Kristian | Substack