Throughout its 33 years, CHRISTIANITY TODAY has kept close watch on Washington, D.C.—its power brokers and decision-making machinery. (One need only review the past year’s News sections to see what we mean.) Therefore, in keeping with tradition, this issue offers an evaluation of the Reagan years from a Christian perspective, by six nationally known commentators.
Not surprisingly, Kim Lawton, CT’S Washington correspondent, was deeply involved in the section’s development, working closely with associate editor Rodney Clapp in pinpointing authors and outlining individual assignments.
This has been a hectic first year for Kim, whose introduction to print journalism (she had worked exclusively in radio) just happened to fall in a presidential campaign year. Although the deadlines seemed a bit more manageable (Kim had been responsible for three to four radio news stories daily), story selection and development was no less challenging. And exhausting.
After joining the ct staff in September 1987, Kim made Iowa and its telltale caucuses her first campaign stop. Other whistle stops followed, including Kansas City (where she attended a Republican platform committee meeting), and the party conventions in New Orleans and Atlanta (where she accidently found herself in a riot between police and the Ku Klux Klan).
Kim likes to be where the action is, and is consequently sorry to see the campaign drawing to a close. But then, there’s always a new presidency, a new Congress, and the judiciary to report on.
The beat goes on.
HAROLD B. SMITH, Managing Editor
Cover illustration by Paul Turnbaugh.
