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25. February, 2010
A group of 13 clergy in Ohio petitioned the IRS to investigate the organization that owns a red brick townhouse on Capitol Hill.... I wasn't elated with the early reporting I saw on the claim.
19. February, 2010
7. February, 2010
Words matter, on the religion beat — kind of like politics, or sports, or the food page.
26. January, 2010
In my 59 years, I've made millions of dollars, built a veritable media empire, and accomplished virtually everything that a man of my limited imagination and worldview could possibly accomplish. And yet, at this point, in no way could you refer to what I'm doing as "living," exactly. I just sort of exist.
25. January, 2010
Is it just me, or would this headline work better if they'd reversed the order of the two subjects?
19. January, 2010
Holy fucking shit! It's all Secret "Jesus" Bible Codes and Crusades and "literally pushing fundamentalist Christianity at the point of a gun!" Let's all freak out!
15. January, 2010
Pope complains about global warming. Or bitches about fags. Or something. These speeches are too fucking long to summarize. Fuck it--I'm going back to bed.
11. January, 2010
Y'know, before today, I was pretty sure I'd never own a TV again. Now I'm absolutely certain.
9. January, 2010
7. January, 2010
Newspapers are gonna have to think, "Okay, what can we do uniquely well? What are we gonna give you that can't be had anywhere else?"[Thanks, Ashley!]
4. January, 2010
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16. December, 2009
I'd just talked to a mid-00's Columbia J-school grad who was eating, for his meal that day, hot water with crushed-up vitamins in it.
6. December, 2009
Note for journalists: A plain, bare cross is just a "cross." A "crucifix" has a little guy stuck to it. Is that clear now? It isn't that difficult.
16. November, 2009
Is it "forsaking the poor" for the church to decline to compromise on its doctrine in order to work with the city, if the church continues to invest as much of its own resources on the poor as before? Is that an accurate way — in terms of basic journalism — to frame the issue?
15. November, 2009
10. November, 2009
Rhode Island Twitter King - @DJTek has becoming RI's 2009 Music Poll Winner for Best DJ http://bit.ly/bestofRI
9. November, 2009
7. November, 2009
I am always amazed (and I must confess, intimidated) by the quality of journalistic work that true professionals are able to do on deadline.
Start with shock and awe. Then, as information starts to get out, report that the suspected shooter has an Arabic name. Confirm that he was, in fact, a Muslim. Once that has settled in, add to the story about motive the possibility of jihad and the references to 9/11. Finally, within short order, fill out the picture with a story about American Muslims condemning the alleged act of their misguided brother...
4. November, 2009
You see, reporters and editors often forget that they have a choice to frame coverage in a way that favors one side or the other. But we also have another choice, which is to do the hard work to find ways to frame a story in a way that balances the two interests - creating a debate, instead of electing to favor one side or the other.