Publication
Award-winning writing, online and in print
Sojourners has been published continuously since 1971, first appearing as The Post-American. Select print issues are available to purchase as back issues, and many of our back issues are available as digital archives. The print edition is currently published 10 times per year, while our online edition is updated daily.
Sojourners independent journalism has won numerous awards from industry organizations, including the Fair Media Council’s FOLIO, Religion News Assocation, American Academy of Religion, Evangelical Press Association, and Associated Church Press.
What we cover
In our long history, Sojourners has covered a wide range of topics, primarily focusing on social justice from a faith perspective in the U.S. and around the world.
Our journalistic call is prophetic interrogation. We seek the truth as informed by our biblical roots, uncover and explore injustices, and offer solutions consistent with our Christian values. We draw on a long and diverse lineage of Christians following Jesus and seeking justice, across different traditions, cultures, and times in history.
Our journalistic mission includes “comforting the afflicted and afflicting the comfortable.” In our print and online news, analysis, and spiritual reflection, as well as our multimedia stories, we seek to be fair in our coverage, while not advancing false equivalencies. Our reporters, commentary writers, biblical scholars, essayists, and columnists have a point of view--and we insist that they be accurate in their reporting and analysis; rigorous, comprehensive, and ethical in their methods; and transparent with readers about how they have arrived at their conclusions. The Media Bias Fact Check Credibility Rating for Sojourners is High Credibility. We are proud of that.
Core Values
As Sojourners aims to create best-in-class journalism, we are guided by the values of Sojourners, as well as established editorial policies for professional standards and practices.
Our editorial team has established additional values specific to our publications that guide Sojourners work and ensure the highest standards.
- Excellence: Striving to achieve the highest quality of journalism, social analysis, and spiritual writing.
- Life and Dignity: Promoting respect and honor for all members of the human family and the sacredness of creation.
- Social Justice: The economically poor, politically marginalized, and socially vulnerable have the most urgent moral claim on the conscience of the church and the nation. We put to the moral test public and ecclesial policy decisions in terms of how they address these moral claims.
- Global Community: Recognizing we are part of a global family that seeks peace and justice in all places, we work to center the witness of diverse voices across the globe.
Staff and Writers
Sojourners magazine, digital journalism, and editorial direction are led by Editor in Chief Betsy Shirley. Sojourners print magazine is led by Editor Julie Polter. You will find a list of our current editorial team on Sojourners main staff page.
Our authors include Soong-Chan Rah, Randy Woodley, Margaret Atwood, William Barber II, Richard Rohr, Bryan Stevenson, Jim Wallis, Edwidge Danticat, Eboo Patel, and Jenny Yang.