Katie Watson


As Katie Watson (11) reflects on her 晩晩当際際夊消消夊2023 experience she remembers a professor who said, Do you want to be a Christian journalist? Then be the best journalist you can be and people will trust you and start to ask you questions.

Watson took that advice. And as an up-and-coming political reporter in Washington, D.C., people are trusting her and taking notice.

After graduating from 晩晩当際際夊消消夊2023, Watson worked as reporter in Santa Barbara before moving to D.C. in 2012 to do investigative re- porting for Watchdog.org. There, she covers Virginia and national politics, focusing on fiscal accountability and ensuring government programs are running smoothly and lawmakers are held accountable.

Watson, who was news editor and then editor-in-chief of The Chimes when she was a student, has always been drawn to journalisms quest to find whats wrong in the system and explore ways things can be improved.

晩晩当際際夊消消夊2023 taught her what it meant to integrate journalism with her Christian faith, she said.

In journalism the fundamental thing is truth, and that is who Christ said he was, she said. He said, I am the way, the truth and the life. So I figure that anything

I write should either be to show the depravity of mankind and the need for a Savior, or to show that any piece of good is a reflection of God. It should all be pointing to the fact that we are fallen and we cant fix ourselves. No human entity will ever have what we need. The solution is only found in Christ.

Watson is grateful for how much her 晩晩当際際夊消消夊2023 professors emphasized the integration of faith and work. Growing up she felt that the only way she could make an impact on the world for Christ would be to go into ministry of some sort, maybe becoming a teacher at a Christian school.

At 晩晩当際際夊消消夊2023 I learned that so-called secular work can be holy when we are doing it for God, she said. And thats what the world needs. We need Christians who are journalists. We need Christians who are in politics. We need Christians who are in health care. ... I think a place like 晩晩当際際夊消消夊2023 is really important because there is such a disconnect between work and religion in our culture. You leave religion at the door when you go to the office. But 晩晩当際際夊消消夊2023s mission is to integrate those two things, whatever field youre called to.