Bobby Ross Jr.
Managing Editor, The Christian Chronicle
Recent Articles
- Christian higher ed faces challenges
- Boys of summer: Brad Ziegler signs autographs with a favorite Scripture
- Boys of summer: Josh Willingham's faith, character praised
- Arkansas church mourns flood victims
- Did 'jailhouse religion' save Jeffrey Dahmer?
- Faith behind bars: Ministries shine Christ's light inside prison walls
- Pepperdine aims to renew, refresh a cappella singing
- Touched by an angel at D.C. congregation
- To recruit students, Christian colleges casting wider nets
- Drug addicts make a Fresh Start
Background
Bobby Ross Jr. got his first newspaper byline as a Texas high school sophomore in 1984.
In the quarter-century since, he has written thousands of news stories, features and personal columns, reporting from 41 states and Washington, D.C. Internationally, his journalistic travels have taken him to South Africa, El Salvador, Ghana, Guatemala, Brazil, Honduras, Belgium and The Netherlands in addition to places throughout Mexico and Canada.
Bobby, 42, joined The Christian Chronicle as managing editor in May 2005 and loves meeting and receiving feedback from readers across the nation. To see where he has reported from, click here.
He manages news operations, covers national news and writes the Inside Story column for the Chronicle, the top national/international newspaper in the 2009 "Best of the Christian Press" contest sponsored by the Associated Church Press.
In Bobby's time as managing editor, the Chronicle has earned 26 national awards from the Associated Church Press and 25 awards from the Oklahoma professional chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
Bobby also contributes to GetReligion.org, a Web site that critiques the secular media's coverage of religion news, and serves as a freelance writer for Christianity Today. He is a member of the board of directors of the Oklahoma SPJ.
Previously, he worked three years as a religion and enterprise writer at The Associated Press in Nashville and Dallas, nine years as a reporter and editor with The Daily Oklahoman in Oklahoma City and three years as a staff writer for smaller newspapers. A two-time national finalist for the Religion Newswriters Association's Supple Religion Writer of the Year Award, he captured more than 30 writing awards during his secular journalism career for coverage of education, prisons, politics, special projects and other topics. At The Oklahoman, he was a lead victims team writer of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing coverage that won two national SPJ awards, a Dart Award and many other awards.
A 1990 journalism graduate of Oklahoma Christian University, he was honored as the College of Liberal Arts' Alumnus of the Year in 2001. He and his wife, Tamie, the Chronicle's advertising director, are the proud parents of three brilliant children: Brady, 16; Keaton, 13; and Kendall, 10. The Rosses are active members of the Edmond (Okla.) Church of Christ.
Personal Page: http://therossnews.com
