Christine M. Tracy is a writer, journalist, rhetorician, and Teilhardian scholar. Inspired by the "noosphere," Teilhard's word for collective thought energy, she coined the term "newsphere" and wrote The Newsphere: Understanding the News and Information Environment to explain the paradox of the current news environment. She believes the energy of the noosphere can enhance collective evolution and wrote The Mystic As Everyman to help readers connect their "insides with their outsides." Tracy is a member of the Council of Scholar Advisors for The Teilhard Project and has published scholarly essays exploring Teilhard's relationship to progressive disciplines, including media ecology and integral theory. She lives in Boulder, Colorado, where she skis, swims, hikes, and engages with progressive ideas and spiritual communities.