If Jesus is the mediator between God and humanity, what can the news media learn from his example?
Journalism
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Pope Francis: Sharing “fake news” makes one an accomplice in evil
“There is no such thing as harmless disinformation; on the contrary, trusting in falsehood can have dire consequences.”
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
A battle in Britain as BBC launches war for Christmas & faith coverage
Just before Christmas, the announcement came that religious output on the BBC is to increase, not vanish, in 2018.
Posted inArts & Culture, Jesuitical
What’s it like being Catholic at The New York Times?
In our final Jesuitical episode of 2017, we talk with my fellow Bronxite and award-winning journalist at The New York Times, David Gonzalez. Born and raised in the South Bronx to Puerto Rican immigrants, David was raised Catholic and attended Cardinal Hayes High School. Since the 1970s, he has been snapping pictures of people and […]
Posted inOf Many Things, Politics & Society
10 things Catholics can do to make Twitter a less toxic place
For Christians, the ministry of social communications does not exist for the sake of mere speech but for the one who is himself the Word.
Posted inJesuitical, Politics & Society
Kirsten Powers worked for Bill Clinton and Fox News. She has some thoughts on sexual harassment.
How does an appointee in the Bill Clinton administration end up as a regular face of Fox News? It’s complicated. And what does a woman who has worked for decades in both politics and the media have to say about today’s sexual assault and harassment reckoning? A lot. This week we talk with Kirsten Powers, […]
Posted inBooks, Politics & Society
Reporting on World War II: to hell and back, all for a good story
The Great War had a tincture of tragic elegy…. World War II, by contrast, was thoroughly modern, disengaged from any romantic past.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis speaks candidly to the church in a new book of interviews
Pope Francis confessed that while he has “chutzpah,” “I am also timid.”
Posted inPolitics & Society, Video
John Dickerson of CBS News talks Trump, journalism and his Catholic faith
John Dickerson, host of Face the Nation, sits down with America’s editor in chief Matt Malone, S.J.
Posted inFaith, News
Pope Francis launches campaign to fight ‘fake news’
“‘The truth will set you free’: Fake news and journalism for peace” will be the theme of the church’s celebration of World Communications Day 2018.