Facebook’s business model, built on monetizing human attention while outsourcing human judgment to algorithms, is a uniquely comprehensive and dangerous abdication of responsibility.
Journalism
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Lies can cost lives. Our deceitful and dishonest political culture needs to change.
Our elected officials are failing us, elevating artful pandering and dishonesty over real solutions, writes Marty Meehan in an essay adapted from his speech to a Vatican conference on the media.
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
Podcast: Pope Francis hasn’t always been so media friendly. What’s changed?
On this week’s episode, Gerry and host Colleen Dulle take a look at how the pope’s relationship with the media has changed over time and examine the vision of the media that Pope Francis laid out in his speech to Vatican journalists this weekend.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Pope Francis’ 3 tips for journalists today
“Journalism is not so much a matter of choosing a profession,” the pope said, “but rather of embarking on a mission, a bit like a doctor, who studies and works to cure evil in the world.”
Posted inFaith, Vantage Point
From 1988: Bart Giamatti on the serious business of sportswriting
In 1988, A. Bartlett Giamatti, later the commissioner of Major League Baseball, addressed the American Society of Newspaper Editors. His speech was printed in America .
Posted inLast Take, Politics & Society
This year’s Nobel Peace Prize is a testament to the brave women of journalism
Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa is one of the brave women who are pushing back against those who employ social media to distort the truth and undermine the trust of citizens.
Posted inFaith, Of Many Things
Matt Malone: Why I’m stepping down as editor in chief of America Media
Last month, I informed the board of directors of America Media that I will step down as the president and editor in chief at the end of 2022.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
I love Pope Francis. But his criticism of EWTN disturbs me as a journalist.
While criticism can go too far, veering into open partisanship and misinformation, calling criticism of the church “the work of the devil” is not an avenue for dialogue.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Catholics: Haiti deserves your attention—earthquake or not
I reported on recovery efforts after that 2010 Haitian earthquake. This is what I learned (and why you should care).
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
‘Fox and Friends’ hosts claimed Catholic Charities profits from helping migrants. That couldn’t be further from the truth.
Accusing Catholic Charities of having a “profit motive,” the talking heads of Fox News showed a misunderstanding of the agency’s essential role in providing social services, writes Kevin Clarke.