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Christian Science Monitor

U.S. center (church-owned, straight-news style)

Owned byOwned by the Christian Science Publishing Society, the publishing arm of The First Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston. A three-person Board of Trustees runs it under the authority of the church's Board of Directors. Kurt Shillinger was named editor in October 2026.
FundingReader subscriptions and donations, with financial support from the church. It operates as a nonprofit news organization. It has a daily website and a weekly print edition. It has no billionaire owner or state funding.
On the administrationmostly neutral

Background

Mary Baker Eddy, founder of the Christian Science church, started the Monitor in Boston in 1908. She wanted a respected daily newspaper that would 'injure no man, but bless all mankind.' It grew into a well-regarded international newspaper and won several Pulitzer Prizes. Its readership and the church's membership both declined over the decades. In 2009 it ended its daily print edition and moved to a mainly online format with a weekly print magazine. The church still subsidizes it, which helps it avoid reliance on advertising, and it also draws on subscriptions and donations. It is known for solutions-oriented, explanatory reporting, a strong international desk, and a calmer tone than much of the U.S. press. It does not take explicit editorial positions on candidates, though it is not free of framing choices. It is formally affiliated with a church, but its news content is secular and is not religious in focus. Its recent coverage of Trump administration policies, including the Iran strikes, voter-list orders, record ICE arrests and the Harvard investigation, has mostly been factual and sourced, with context from both supporters and critics. The Monitor presents itself as nonpartisan. Raters such as AllSides and Media Bias/Fact Check generally put it close to the center and rate its factual reporting highly.

Sources

  1. The Christian Science Monitor (Wikipedia)
  2. Christian Science Publishing Society (Wikipedia)
  3. About us - The Christian Science Monitor
  4. New editor named - CSMonitor.com
  5. Christian Science Monitor - Media Bias/Fact Check
  6. Christian Science Monitor Media Bias - AllSides
  7. The Christian Science Monitor Daily for April 1, 2026

Profile compiled 2026-10-16; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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