{"id":15102,"date":"2011-12-10T18:38:25","date_gmt":"2011-12-10T23:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=15102"},"modified":"2011-12-10T18:38:25","modified_gmt":"2011-12-10T23:38:25","slug":"a-history-of-the-anglican-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/a-history-of-the-anglican-journal\/","title":{"rendered":"A History of the Anglican Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Some interesting tidbits:<\/p>\n

1959<\/strong>
\nA new distribution concept benefitting dioceses and the national church is forged. All\u00a0identifiable givers to the church receive the newspaper along with their diocesan publication.\u00a0Circulation skyrockets to more than 200,000.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Since I still receive the Journal, I must be viewed as an \u201cidentifiable giver\u201d: believe it or not, I don\u2019t actually give the Anglican Church of Canada any money, so my identifiable giving<\/em> must be all \u00a0the free publicity the ACoC receives on this blog. It\u2019s gratifying to be appreciated.<\/p>\n

Come to think of it, though, the Journal receives a yearly subsidy of $596,627 from Canadian Heritage<\/a>, so, as a taxpayer, I am still contributing to the Anglican Church of Canada. <\/strong>Very reluctantly.<\/p>\n

1968-1975<\/strong>
\nHugh McCullum, a well-respected journalist and activist, is the first editor to hire professional\u00a0reporters rather than clergy to produce stories on poverty, aboriginal land claims, pollution,\u00a0abortion law reform and apartheid. A fierce advocate of editorial independence, he believes that\u00a0an open, transparent church is a stronger church.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And now, 40 years later, the ACoC is such an \u201copen, transparent\u201d church that its membership has strengthened from around 1.36 million to 320,000, many of whom are septuagenarians.<\/p>\n

1977<\/strong>
\nThe newspaper\u2019s editorial policy is revised. While the Canadian Churchman remains the\u00a0national newspaper of the Anglican Church of Canada, its\u2019 [sic] <\/em>position as an independent voice\u00a0rather than the official voice of the church, is made clear.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The supposed editorial independence of the Journal is frequently reiterated<\/a>, largely to avoid losing its substantial grant from Heritage Canada. In reality, it has about the same amount of independence as Pravda had from the U.S.S.R.<\/p>\n

Even with the yearly grant, the Journal has been shrinking \u2013 it must be getting stronger<\/em> \u2013 and has had to appeal to members for money:<\/p>\n

1994<\/strong>
\nWith funding from General Synod slashed by 38 per cent, the Journal seeks donations from\u00a0readers for the first time. Proceeds from the Anglican Journal Appeal are shared 50\/50 with the\u00a0diocesan newspapers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Rest assured, though, that it has not abandoned its liberal blinkers: instead it now oozes reader friendliness:<\/em><\/p>\n

2010<\/strong>
\nA re-design of the Anglican Journal, the first in a decade, is launched with the April issue,\u00a0offering a bold new reader-friendly look.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Can be found here. Some interesting tidbits: 1959 A new distribution concept benefitting dioceses and the national church is forged. All\u00a0identifiable givers to the church receive the newspaper along with their diocesan publication.\u00a0Circulation skyrockets to more than 200,000. Since I … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":5,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[400],"class_list":["post-15102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anglican-church-of-canada","tag-anglican-journal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15102\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}