Journalists Advancing Ministry Yvette Babs Walker

Author and podcaster Cindy LaFavre Yorks has worked at newsrooms from Texas to California, ending at the L.A. Times and People Magazine. She understands how difficult it is for journalists to wear their faith in the newsroom. 

Yvette Walker: Angelo Henderson was a larger-than-life, award-winning writer who won the Pulitzer prize, but he loved God more. I talked to his widow who shared the behind-the-scenes details of how and why Angelo moved from media to the ministry.

John X Miller has been a senior editor and news executive for several newspapers and website, including the Dallas Morning News and ESPN. His online ministry, Praying It Forward, on YouTube takes viewers on a morning prayer path. John's YouTube channel.

Welcome to JAM, Journalists Advancing Ministry, the first podcast about how God leads journalists in faith. Mashaun Simon, a reporter who became a pastor and turned to pastoral care counselor, is the first interview in this series. I’ll talk to journalists who have left for the ministry, or who are still journalists but practicing ministry in some fashion. My conversation with Mashaun over Zoom, reached him in his home in Atlanta. Listen to the hour-long podcast for the complete conversation.

Journalists Advancing Ministry (JAM) is a multimedia podcast about media professionals called to Kingdom work. We explore their paths to ministry from media, and ask the question: Are journalists particularly suited for this?