BOSTON—Christa Case Bryant has assumed the role of editor of The Christian Science Monitor. She is the second woman to hold the position in the Monitor’s 116-year history.
Ms. Bryant brings a deep love for the Monitor and its high standards for journalism, as shown through her long career at the Monitor. She has served the Monitor in a number of key editorial positions, including Jerusalem bureau chief, Middle East editor, and Europe editor. She most recently held the role of senior Congressional correspondent and deputy National News editor.
Ms. Bryant has won several distinguished awards during her more than twenty-year tenure. While reporting on Congress for the Monitor, she won The National Press Foundation’s 2022 Everett McKinley Dirksen award for distinguished reporting on Congress and the 2023 Sigma Delta Chi award for Washington Correspondence.
Ms. Bryant succeeds Mark Sappenfield, who held the role of editor for the Monitor for 8 years. Mr. Sappenfield remains at the Monitor in a senior role.
“Christa is the very best of everything that makes the Monitor unique – a deep commitment to fairness, a sense that good journalism can unite instead of divide, and a wonderful understanding of the Monitor’s connection to Christian Science,” says Mr. Sappenfield.
About The Christian Science Monitor
Founded in 1908 by Mary Baker Eddy, The Christian Science Monitor is an international news organization that strives for an unbiased, global approach to news. Its object is “to injure no man, but to bless all mankind.”