In January, the Monitor unveiled new branding—in print and online—honoring its roots. The new nameplate is inspired by the original 1908 editorial page, including the wheat sheaf designed at Mary Baker Eddy’s request. On csmonitor.com, refreshed navigation supports new content focus areas and a page that gives the Monitor’s print product more visibility with digital readers. In the weekly magazine, the “Reporters on the Job” section is back by popular demand and provides a look at what goes into reporting a story. A larger font size and new layout improve readability, and the “Our World” section is a fresh take on the “Global Newsstand” franchise.

When Mrs. Eddy founded the Monitor, she envisioned a daily newspaper for the home. The newsroom has been grappling with what that means for 2026—not only a time when readers tend to consume their daily news online (and often out of the home), but also one of increased reader frustration at the ever-growing speed and distraction of digital content.

In order to carry out Mrs. Eddy’s vision “to spread undivided the Science that operates unspent” (The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany, p. 353), and with the modern media landscape in mind, the newsroom is hewing to the following five operational pillars in its journalism. Much of the language is drawn from Mrs. Eddy’s founding editorial and other contemporaneous documents.