Tony Wilson

Oct 29, 2024 | premierchristianity.com | Tony Wilson

Should our prayers be set, or spontaneous? Tony Wilson suggests that liturgy should be used as a springboard for our own personal prayers. He explains why  Source: robertharding / Alamy Stock Photo Discussing the relative merits of spontaneous and liturgical prayer with an evangelical friend, we reached a point of disagreement. She argued, with good reason, that prayers expressed in our own words come from the heart and more sincerely reflect our authentic thoughts and feelings.

Oct 16, 2023 | blackiowanews.com | Dana James |Tony Wilson

Part two of a 3-part series about Black maternal mortality featured in the fall edition of the Black Iowa Newspaper. Come on, come on!” the doctor screamed. ”You’re moving too much.”Twenty-two hours of hard labor. The doctor Lori Young barely knew, stitched her up after the birth of her son. He ordered the college senior to stop shivering uncontrollably. When she couldn’t, he threatened her. “We’re going to have to do it again,” he said, before removing her stitches and starting over.

Oct 10, 2023 | blackiowanews.com | Dana James |Tony Wilson

Part one of a 3-part series featured in the fall edition of the Black Iowa NewspaperIn 2020, while Black Iowans battled disproportionate COVID-19 infections, the grass-roots Iowa Black Doula Collective began fighting another critical health disparity: Black Iowans are six times as likely as white Iowans to die during pregnancy or within the first year of giving birth. “What will it take?

Sep 26, 2023 | premierchristianity.com | Sam Hailes |Steve Maltz |Harvey Kwiyani |Tony Wilson

Wobbly Bob. That’s what people used to call me. I would drink so much that I would sway from side to side as I walked down the street. But it wasn’t always like this. I grew up in a large Catholic family in Liverpool and had a happy childhood, but when I discovered alcohol in my teens, I started going off the rails. Whenever I had money in my pocket, I spent it drinking with friends. At first it wasn’t a problem, but soon I found I couldn’t do anything without a drink.

Sep 5, 2023 | gijn.org | Tony Wilson |Reed Richardson

Editor’s Note: This is a chapter excerpt from GIJN’s Reporter’s Guide to Investigating War Crimes. The full guide will be released on our website next week and an ebook version of the guide will be published later this month during the Global Investigative Journalism Conference.