the young writers to Well-Being Australia
The helpers in the 2019 young writer program is a celebration - 14 January sees the commencement of over 100 young people from around the world, New Zealand and Australia.
For this to function, it requires many helpers for each of the 5 weeks to run smoothly – there is a coordinator who emails out the “reminders” of their article due date. There is an editor who checks each article, and a photo selector who choose the photos for each article.
Christian Today houses the young writer program who maintain - a ‘good photo’ increases the readership exponentially.
at the Christchurch conference.
Week 1
Internationals 18-30
Coordinator - Mark Tronson
Editor - Emma Bamford
Photo selection - Josh Robbie
Week 2
Australians 18-30
Coordinator - Russell Modlin
Editor - Rebecca Moore
Photo selection - Michael Dahlenburg
Week 3
Australians 18-30
Coordinator - Tom Anderson (non-writer)
Editor - Peter Brookshaw
Photo selection - Jo Fuller
Week 4
Australians 18-30
Coordinator - Bridget Brenton
Editor - Aira Chilcott
Photo selection - Aira Chilcott
Week 5
Australians Over 31s
Coordinator - Ashley Menelaws
Editor - Cheryl McGrath (non-writer)
Photo selection - John Lemmon
NZ / Internationals Over 31
Coordinator - Mussita Ng (Wellington)
Editor - Joseph Kolapudi (Brisbane)
Photo selection - Jackson Laninga (Auckland)
Kiwi young writers Weeks 1-3
Kiwi young writers 18-30
Coordinator - Jessica McPherson
Editor - Esther Koh
Photo selection - Mark Tronson
NZ Brains Trust
Tim Newman (non-writer)
Daniel Jang (senior writer)
Esther Koh (senior writer and Kiwi editor)
Jessica McPherson (coordinator Kiwi writers)
Brian Carrell (Panellist)
Christina Tyson (Panellist)
Sport
Jeremy Dover covers the sport writers
Senior writers
Gavin Lawrie - coordinator
Photo selector - Vicki Nunn
Panellists
Australian 18-30
Gavin Lawrie
Vicki Nunn
Laura Veloso
Aira Chilcott
Kandima Awendila
Link person - Laura Veloso
Internationals 18-30
Vic Matthews
Mark Flippance
Darren Lawson
Sean Spencer
Tim Everton
Link person - Aira Chilcott
Statistician - 18-30 Australians /Internationals
Bill Chilcott
New Zealand 18-30
Brian Carrell
Liz Hay
Christina Tyson
Wayne Graham
Sarah Richards
Link person - Liz Hay (Statistician)
Sport
Peter Nelson
Simon Farrer
Josh Robbie
John Skinner
Tim Wilson
Link person - Jeremy Dover (Statistician)
Australian Over 31s
Tim McDonald
Jan Archibald
John Skinner
Margaret Pearce
Colin Miles
Link person - John Grocott (Statistician)
NZ / Internationals Over 31s
Christina Tyson
Rex Dale
Ian Aylward
John Yates
Wayne Walters
Link person - John Grocott (Statistician)
Letterhead / Style Guide
Kristen Dang
New young writers
Michael Dahlenburg
Brain’s Trust Chair
Sam Gillespie
Videos
PSI news - Cartia Moore
PSI newsy bits - Amy Manners
PSI site
Josh Hinds
The young writer ministry has a mammoth team of helpers
Young people 18-30 years interested in writing for Christian Today with your own column please connect with Dr Mark Tronson timeout@bushorchestra.com 0419 917 713
Dr Mark Tronson is a Baptist minister (retired) who served as the Australian cricket team chaplain for 17 years (2000 ret) and established Life After Cricket in 2001. He was recognised by the Olympic Ministry Medal in 2009 presented by Carl Lewis Olympian of the Century. He mentors young writers and has written 24 books, and enjoys writing. He is married to Delma, with four adult children and grand-children. Dr Tronson writes a daily article for Christian Today Australia (since 2008) and in November 2016 established Christian Today New Zealand.
Mark Tronson's archive of articles can be viewed at http://www.pressserviceinternational.org/mark-tronson.html
Dr Mark Tronson - a 4 min video
Chairman – Well-Being Australia
Baptist Minister 45 years
- 1984 - Australian cricket team chaplain 17 years (Ret)
- 2001 - Life After Cricket (18 years Ret)
- 2009 - Olympic Ministry Medal – presented by Carl Lewis
- 2019 - The Gutenberg - (ARPA Christian Media premier award)
Gutenberg video - 2min 14sec
Married to Delma for 45 years with 4 children and 6 grand children