Maike Hickson Resigns from LifeSite News: Who's Next?

You are a great gift to the Church Dr. Hickson! Your sacrifices and sufferings for the Truth of Christ are an inspiration to me. https://t.co/yWDCeLhufW

— John-Henry Westen (@JhWesten) July 11, 2025

I've known Maike Hickson for years. She's been a huge grace to LifeSite News with her interviews and her excellent articles. That she has chosen to resign in solidarity with John-Henry Westen is a significant blow to the organization in my opinion. Her action also highlights the loss of credibility surrounding the announcement and the subsequent spin by Jalsevac about the reasons. 

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John-Henry Westen and Stev Jalsevac

The new head of LifeSite News is its co-founder Steve Jalsevac who sent out the message below. Is this the whole story? I doubt it and I suspect there are other issues. I was once involved with a contentious fight over who would run a pro-life organization. We ended up in arbitration. The primary issue had nothing to do with the focus of the organization. It was management style and personality conflicts. I'm wondering how much of that played into Westen's firing.