2018 Michael Cromartie Forum
June 21-23, 2018
Washington, D.C.
About
The purpose of the Michael Cromartie Forum (MCF) is to help young journalists deepen their understanding of faith and current issues in the public square, and to advance their careers through mentorship and through networking with other journalists and key figures in culture and public life.
MCF is an extension of the work of the Faith Angle Forum, founded by Michael in 1999. FAF is grounded in a belief that journalism plays an indispensable role in a free society, and that both journalists and the public benefit from in-depth conversations about key issues in public life. Both forums provide a model for civil discourse and truth-seeking in an era where both are increasingly rare, and they honor Mike’s legacy of befriending and assisting journalists as they serve the public through their work.
Agenda
Session 1
TELLING THE (FULL) TRUTH ABOUT RELIGION
Dr. Grant Wacker
Professor Emeritus, Duke Divinity School
Session 2
AGAINST THE STREAM:
MEANINGFUL WORK IN TODAY’S MEDIA
Philip Rucker and Karen Tumulty
The Washington Post
Session 3
ISSUES AND POLLING TRENDS
FOR THE 2018 MID-TERM ELECTION
Matt Bennett, Third Way
Henry Olsen, Ethics and Public Policy Center
(view full agenda here)
Participants
Kelsey Dallas, The Deseret News
Patrick Filbin, The Gillette (Wyo.) News Record
Allana Haynes, The Baltimore Sun
Martyn Wendell Jones, Freelance Writer
Sam Kestenbaum, The Forward
Aysha Khan, Religion News Service
Kamelia Kilawan, Al Jazeera English
Morgan Lee, Christianity Today
Emily McFarlan Miller, Religion News Service
Maria Polletta, The Arizona Republic
Michael Reneau, The Greeneville (Tenn.) Sun
Sam Smith, The Christian Post
Moderator: Jon Ward, Yahoo! News
Michael Cromartie Conference Room Dedication
The forum began with a reception on the evening of June 21 to dedicate EPPC’s new Michael L. Cromartie Conference Room. The RSVP list for the reception included:
James Astill, The Economist
Perry Bacon, FiveThirtyEight
Molly Ball, TIME
Adelle Banks, Religion News Service
Fred Barnes, The Weekly Standard
Martha Bayles, Boston College
Peter Berkowitz, Hoover Institution
Michelle Boorstein, The Washington Post
Jim Bowman, EPPC
Karlyn Bowman, AEI
Josh Britton, EPPC
David Brooks, The New York Times
Elisabeth Bumiller, The Washington Post
Daniel Burke, CNN
Carl Cannon, RealClearPolitics
John Carr, Georgetown University
Mona Charen, EPPC
Chris Crawford, Democracy Fund
Jenny Cromartie
Paul Farhi, The Washington Post
William Galston, Brookings Institution
Josh Good, Kern Family Foundation
Shadi Hamid, Brookings Institution
Cherie Harder, The Trinity Forum
David Hawkings, Roll Call/CQ
John Inazu, Washington Univ. Law School
Miranda Kennedy, NPR
Yuval Levin, EPPC/National Affairs
Matt Lewis, The Daily Beast
Daniel Lippman, Politico
Phoebe Miles
Richard Miles
Lance Morrow, EPPC
Henry Olsen, EPPC
Kathleen Parker, The Washington Post
Delia Rios
Natalie Robertson, EPPC
Robert Royal, Faith and Reason Institute
Philip Rucker, The Washington Post
William Saletan, Slate
Jody H. Sanchez, Pointy Shoe Productions
Jerome Socolovsky
Tim Schultz, 1st Amendment Partnership
Eugene Scott, The Washington Post
Mark Shanoudy, EPPC
Sarah Shanoudy
Luma Simms, EPPC
Peter Skerry, Boston College
A.B. Stoddard, RealClearPolitics
Sylvia Travaglione, EPPC
Kerry Troup, 1st Amendment Partnership
Karen Tumulty, The Washington Post
Grant Wacker, Duke Univ. Divinity School
Jon Ward, Yahoo! News
Peter Wehner, EPPC
George Weigel, EPPC
Ed Whelan, EPPC
Stephen White, EPPC
Sarah Wildman, Foreign Policy
Daniel Wiser, National Affairs
Event Media
Below are some selected tweets from participants:
Today 12 carefully selected journalists—all under age 30, with highly promising careers—join @EPPCdc scholars & @GrantWacker & @jonward11 for a deep-dive conversation re: changing trends in American religion, political parties, & the future of the press. #CromartieForum
Excited to see what the inaugural Michael #CromartieForum has in store for us this weekend.
Tweeting today from #CromartieForum in DC. We’re discussing the temptation to oversimplify religion news and how to find purpose in a chaotic media landscape.
Btw, I have craved the type of pouring into, mentoring, and iron-sharpens-iron that I am getting at #CromartieForum. Thank you so much @EPPCdc and @jeromesoco for the vocation-affirming week!
Already encouraged by first few hours at the #CromartieForum: Being in a room of journalists who care deeply about understanding some of the most challenging questions society reminds me why we all got into this business.
Finally able to wind down and reflect from a busy, productive, insightful, generous and important #CromartieForum. Gratitude to the @faithangleforum, @EPPCdc and all the inspiring speakers from the weekend.
Still processing everything from #CromartieForum, but I can’t express enough of my thanks to orgs like @EPPCdc and @faithangleforum, and their staff. Plus great speakers, talented and impressive fellow forum-ers, thoughtful and kind moderator @jonward11. Proud to be a #journo.
Shout out to @EPPCdc / @faithangleforum for hosting me and 11 other young journos for a remarkable #CromartieForum in D.C. last week. It led to many thoughtful and invigorating conversations and several new relationships, none of which I will easily forget.