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Monday 04 July 2022
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Leadership - young writers

By Mark Tronson - Press Service International
Photo  -   Sam Gillespie chair of the young writer Brain’s Trust

The Press Service International (PSI) “young writer” program with Christian Today has seen some major leadership developments for this New Year and it is a joy to my heart to see such.

These new roles have been developed to ease the pressure on me and bring on into leadership these Generation Y young people in the PSI program. 

These positions

Week Co-ordinators

Week Editors

Week Photo Selectors

Late article chasers

Facebook uploaders

Christian media coordinators

Sophia Sinclair set the pace in 2015

Sophia Sinclair took on the serious task in 2015 of collating the weekly articles, editing them, giving each a date for publication and sending the week's articles to Christian Today on the Friday of each week for the following week.

Moreover, Sophia was an Australian Religious Press Association award winning professional editor (CMSNZ) and before that a journalist with the NZ National Broadcaster. Sophia has recently written the official book on the history of New Zealand CMS (Church Missionary Society). Sophia also writes as a PSI Christian Today Columnist. Sophia and husband Andrew were in Sydney at that time doing a theology degree at the Sydney Missionary Bible College while Sophia maintains her professional areas with PSI and caring for her children.    

In 2017 Sophia and Andrew are their family relocated back to New Zealand and Sophia last September was elected the President of the Australasian Religious Press Association (ARPA.

Weekly Co-ordinators

The PSI program has the young writers set in “weekly groups”. Each young writer sends in their article to their week co-ordinator. This co-ordinator does a first edit and then forwards them on to the Week Editor.

Week 1  - Russell Modlin

Week 2 -  Rachel Li

Week 3 -  Susan Barnes

Week 4 -  Josh Robbie  -  new

Week 5 -  Nic Lee  -  new  

Week Editors

Week 1  - Rebecca Moore

Week 2 -  Bridget Brenton

Week 3 -  Aira Chilcott

Week 4 -  Mussita Ng

Week 5 -  Peter Brookshaw 

Brain’s Trust

The Brain’s Trust is both a sounding board to the young writers program, and hplan each year’s conference. Last year the Brain’s Trust met in Melbourne in May, and this year the Brain’s Trust meet on the Gold Coast on 2 May at the Living Temple Christian Church (Tugun Baptist) adjacent to the Gold Coast Airport.

This year a special feature is a photo of the Brain’s Trust with the Gutenberg plaque, the 2019 premier award of the Australasian Religious Press Association (ARTPA) to the young writers ministry – Press Service International

Current members

Sam Gillespie  -  Chair

Rebecca Moore

Wes Tronson

Amy Manners

Cartia Moore

With planning of the 2020 young writer conference on May 2 two additional young writers have been invited to attend, Brisbane’s Joseph Kolapudi and Josiah Gray.

Videos

Two of the young writers Amy Manners (Adelaide) and Cartia Moore (Sunshine Coast) produce bi-monthly news videos for the young writers.

Photo  -   Amy Manners and Cartia Moore video producers

Dr Mark Tronson  -  a 4 min video

https://youtu.be/vxhhVbRmUlM

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