Christian Science Monitor - Boston, MA - Newspaper Headquarters on Waymarking.com

The Christian Science Monitor ("Monitor") is an internationally recognized newspaper that reports on national and international events. It still provides both a web site and two printed editions, 5 days/week for the U.S. and weekly for other countries.

The first issue of the Monitor was printed on November 25, 1908 (100th anniversary!). The newspaper's web site has a fuller account of how it was founded, but, summarizing, Mary Baker Eddy had looked at the newspapers that printed in her day and after surviving a court battle that may have been aided by Joseph Pulitzer's paper, New York World, she decided to found a newspaper of her own with a more balanced and accurate reporting of the news. Since then, the Monitor has been, ironically, awarded 7 Pulitzer Prizes, and many other awards, for its quality reporting of the news. Since it is supported by the Christian Science Church rather than a larger corporation, the Monitor feels that it has a more independent perspective in investigating and reporting news.

The Monitor has experimented with radio and television over the years, including "The Christian Science Monitor Reports", "World Monitor", "Monitor Radio", and "The Monitor Channel." The Monitor has been an early adopter of other communications technology, including using satellites to world-wide printing locations and the Internet.

According to Wikipedia, the Monitor turned to the Internet more quickly than most newspapers, has been a early adopter of RSS feeds, and providing a pdf version of the print copy. The Wikipedia link is here: (visit link)

The paper, like many other newspapers, is struggling with circulation and revenues. It will continue to look for ways to print and expects to continue to be around well after its 100th anniversary.

10/29/2008 - The C. S. Monitor has announced that it "will become the first nationally circulated newspaper to replace its daily print edition with its website; the 100 year-old news organization will also offer subscribers weekly print and daily e-mail editions." This is expected to happen in April 2009. See the link for "referring to the newspaper's demise."

04/19/2009 - The Christian Science Monitor has printed the first of the weekly editions of the newspaper, providing 40 pages in a size that's a little larger than the original newspaper. The web site has changed, as well. So, it still continues!

Area Served: The United States and the world. Please provide a link referring to the newspaper's demise.: [Web Link] What is (later, was) its physical address?: 200 Massachusetts Avenue Boston, MA United States 02115 Does it now just provide an internet read?: Both newsprint and internet Internet address: [Web Link] Did you ever buy or subscribe to this paper?: I still am one of their subscribers! If applicable, when was this publication's last edition?: Not listed

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