Journalism

August 2014

August 01, 2014
You know that whole Christmas in July thing, when stores and other groups have fun...

July 2014

July 31, 2014
My @Npr story this AM about an alternative to church that helps poor people do...
July 30, 2014
The professional skill of a reporter can be tested by his abilities to weigh the...
July 30, 2014
When a congregation has to leave its church building, it's like moving away from home....
July 29, 2014
My colleague Bobby Ross Jr. picked the better article. As much fault as he found...
July 29, 2014
It's time for another "Kellerism" update, as The New York Times continues its efforts to...
July 29, 2014
Update: Yikes! One of the drawbacks of media-criticism-on-the-go is the possibility of writing a post...
July 28, 2014
Long-time GetReligion readers, do you remember that typology that a wise, older priest -- a...
July 28, 2014
Amid the ongoing headlines - mostly political - over the thousands of migrant children crossing...
July 26, 2014
I'm no expert on the fighting in the Gaza Strip. In fact, I'm typing this...
July 25, 2014
Reporting from the front lines of the Middle East conflicts be a parlous experience if...
July 25, 2014
Help gays marry and boost the economy: That's one of the newest pitches in gay...
July 24, 2014
"a medium-sized evangelical church in Laguna Beach where [Rob] Bell sometimes attends services" Strange not...
July 23, 2014
Sitting in my "guilt file" of stories I should be covering -- but have not...
July 23, 2014
Several years ago, your GetReligionistas created a new item in our archives list of news...
July 23, 2014
Is this Clutching at Straws Month? Because I don't know how to dress or what...
July 22, 2014
Every now and then, Issues, Etc., host Todd Wilken take and I off in one...
July 22, 2014
The purge of Christians from Mosul in northern Iraq -- home to thriving Christian communities...
July 21, 2014
Give the New York Times an F for its sketchy coverage of an appeals court...
July 21, 2014
As usual, there was a stack of Baltimore Sun newspapers waiting for me at the...
July 19, 2014
Monday's vote by the General Synod to allow women bishops has put the Church of...
July 18, 2014
USA Today has been eroding its standard of short, shallow stories. And for a complex...
July 17, 2014
Nearly a decade ago, the conservative Weekly Standard ran a very newsy story on its...
July 17, 2014
You got so close, Philadelphia Inquirer. You got so close to a fair, enlightening news...
July 16, 2014
So how would you like to be a press officer for the Vatican these days?...
July 16, 2014
Dead men file no lawsuits. They also don’t defend themselves to TV reporters. And live...
July 15, 2014
The new archbishop of Cologne, Germany, is all about gays. At least it is, according...
July 14, 2014
Right from the start, a long Page 1 story in The Dallas Morning News portrays the...
July 13, 2014
The General Synod of the Church of England -- the legislative organ of the Protestant...
July 12, 2014
After two recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings, I tried a different approach to analyzing some...
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