Associated Church Press - Quaker Ranter https://www.quakerranter.org A Weekly Newsletter and Blog from Martin Kelley Tue, 03 Jan 2017 18:31:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.5 https://i0.wp.com/www.quakerranter.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/cropped-qr-512.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Associated Church Press - Quaker Ranter https://www.quakerranter.org 32 32 16720591 Quaker news editor needed https://www.quakerranter.org/news-editor-needed/ https://www.quakerranter.org/news-editor-needed/#respond Tue, 03 Jan 2017 18:31:05 +0000 http://www.quakerranter.org/?p=57175 Here at Friends Journal, we’re very lucky to have some very committed volunteers. Karie Firoozmand and Eileen Redden sends books out to dozens of volunteer readers and pull the results together into our monthly books column. Rosemary Zimmerman reads through all the poetry that comes in, carefully selecting pieces to appear in the magazine. Mary Julia Street reworks the birth notices and obituaries that come in to include more interesting details than you get in most newspaper listings.

Last year we won the “Best in Class” award from the Associated Church Press. We’re proud, of course, but I was pleasantly. Compared to most denominational magazines, Friends Journal is crazily understaffed. Forgive the pugilistic metaphor, but these volunteer editors are a big reason we punch above our weight. Cutting through cultural static and the manufactured busyness of modern life and reach seekers is a never-ending challenge. Think about whether you might be led to work with us on this

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