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Journalism
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
The Problem with Local Journalism
More and more public policy is being decided at the state level but trustworthy sources of information about state capitals are fast disappearing.
Posted inFaith, News
Vatican magazine: Nuns are often treated like servants by cardinals and bishops
“Behind all this is the unfortunate idea…that priests are everything in the church while sisters are nothing.”
Posted inJesuitical, Politics & Society
The case against hot takes
We live in an age of opinion writers telling us that we live in an age of [insert sweeping generalization here].
Posted inFaith, Short Take
What can Jesus teach journalists?
If Jesus is the mediator between God and humanity, what can the news media learn from his example?
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, […]