Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

The Deacon's Bench

Home
Catholic
Religion News

Journalism

Select a Category "Mad Men" 9/11 advent All Things New Amazing video amazing videos amazon america Anglicans Anti-Catholicism art ascension thursday ash wednesday Atheists baltimore Bible Bishops Blogging bonnie engstrom Books bridgeport Brooklyn Chaplains children christian art christmas Church Churches CNEWA Converts criticism Deacons Death Penalty easter eastern christian Eastern Christians Ecumenism Education education Eucharist Europe euthanasia Evangelization Exorcism Family Feasts Gay rights Good Friday Great links Great Moments in Journalism Hanging with the saints heather renshaw Hispanic Catholics Hispanics History homelies Homilies Humor Hymn of the Week Immigration indianapolis Inspiration Interfaith news ireland Jesus Jews Journalism Judaism lent Liturgy logos Marriage Mary Media Medical news Mental health Middle East Monks Movies Music Muslims My world and welcome to it New Evangelization new york News Nuns Parenting Parish life peoria Persecution politics Politics Pope pope francis pope john paul Prayer Preaching Priests Pro-life Quote of the day radio rebecca frech ripp Ripped from the headlines rippred from the headlines Sacraments saints Scripture sex abuse Sex abuse crisis SEX ABUSE CRISIS TAGGED WITH: SEX ABUSE CRISIS The people in the pews the visitation project theatre This & that Thomas Merton Trappists TV Uncategorized uncategorized Vatican VATICAN vocation Vocations Voices & Views Women Worth a thousand words Writing Year of Faith year of mercy young people

Select a Month December 2019 November 2019 October 2019 September 2019 August 2019 July 2019 June 2019 May 2019 April 2019 March 2019 February 2019 January 2019 December 2018 November 2018 October 2018 September 2018 August 2018 July 2018 June 2018 May 2018 April 2018 March 2018 February 2018 January 2018 December 2017 November 2017 October 2017 September 2017 August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 April 2017 March 2017 February 2017 January 2017 December 2016 November 2016 October 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 October 2014 September 2014 August 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 September 2013 August 2013 July 2013 June 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 October 2012 September 2012 August 2012 July 2012 June 2012 May 2012 April 2012 March 2012 February 2012 January 2012 December 2011 November 2011 October 2011 September 2011 August 2011 July 2011 June 2011 May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011 January 2011 December 2010

August 2015

August 09, 2015

Bret Baier, Catholic

The Fox News anchor made a splash Thursday night during the GOP debate, which racked...

July 2015

July 29, 2015

First look: trailer for “Spotlight,” starring Michael Keaton, on the Boston sex abuse scandal

From Variety: The film from director/co-writer Tom McCarthy tells the true story behind the Boston...

July 29, 2015

First look: trailer for “Spotlight,” starring Michael Keaton, on the Boston sex abuse scandal

From Variety: The film from director/co-writer Tom McCarthy tells the true story behind the Boston...

June 2015

June 16, 2015

Holy See pulls press credentials for prominent Vatican journalist over encyclical leak

This news broke this morning on Twitter, following yesterday's leak of a draft of the...

June 16, 2015

Holy See pulls press credentials for prominent Vatican journalist over encyclical leak

This news broke this morning on Twitter, following yesterday’s leak of a draft of the...

May 2015

May 27, 2015

Another giant falls: University of Maryland daily newspaper goes weekly

Back when dinosaurs roamed the earth, almost 40 years ago, The Diamondback was one of...

May 27, 2015

Another giant falls: University of Maryland daily newspaper goes weekly

Back when dinosaurs roamed the earth, almost 40 years ago, The Diamondback was one of...

May 22, 2015

A religion journalist comes out

NCR has this interesting nugget from Sister Maureen Fiedler: This week on "Interfaith Voices," I had...

April 2015

April 20, 2015

What a small town obituary writer learned about living

This is something to read and share—and, I suspect, there is abundant material here for...

April 20, 2015

What a small town obituary writer learned about living

This is something to read and share—and, I suspect, there is abundant material here for...

April 13, 2015

CNN anchor: “There is something about Pope Francis that has reawakened my faith”

Here's a testimony you don't hear every day, from CNN's Carol Costello: I remember the...

April 13, 2015

CNN anchor: “There is something about Pope Francis that has reawakened my faith”

Here’s a testimony you don’t hear every day, from CNN’s Carol Costello: I remember the...

April 02, 2015

Great moments in journalism: TV station fabricates a controversy, destroys local business

When you need a hot story, just create one. Check this out, from The Daily Caller:...

April 02, 2015

Great moments in journalism: TV station fabricates a controversy, destroys local business

When you need a hot story, just create one. Check this out, from The Daily...

April 01, 2015

The most surprising thing I’ve read in The New York Times recently

"I must say that a disproportionate share of the aid workers I’ve met in the...

April 01, 2015

The most surprising thing I’ve read in The New York Times recently

“I must say that a disproportionate share of the aid workers I’ve met in the...

March 2015

March 23, 2015

Must-see video: “60 Minutes” report on persecuted Christians of Iraq

In a word: excellent. And heartbreaking. Just watch.

March 02, 2015

A priest who spent 50 years “jousting with The New York Times”

Catholic News Agency reports: A lot has changed in journalism since 1961, but not Msgr....

February 2015

February 22, 2015

So, how does the secular media cover the pope going on retreat?

With headlines like this: Pope Gets Away from Vatican to Work on Correcting "Defects" AP's...

February 14, 2015

Anchored in faith: Lester Holt on religion and journalism

When Lester Holt took over for Brian Williams on the NBC Nightly News last week,...

February 13, 2015

David Carr on recovery—and the prayer that sustained him

The brilliant New York Times media columnist David Carr died suddenly yesterday—which jolted a lot...

February 11, 2015

What next for Brian Williams? —UPDATED

Verne Gay at Newsday offers his prediction—and it strikes me as entirely plausible: There are versions circulating...

February 08, 2015

What can Brian Williams do next? Here are 5 possibilities

With Brian Williams announcing that he's taking a leave from anchoring the NBC Nightly News...

February 06, 2015

NBC launches investigation of Brian Williams

From USA TODAY: NBC News confirmed Friday that it's investigating chief anchor Brian Williams over...

February 06, 2015

The Brian Williams debacle: 3 things he did wrong in that apology

That whopper the NBC News anchor told on the air a few days back was...

January 2015

January 08, 2015

Great moments in journalism: New York Times makes up a new country

From AdWeek: Sometimes a mistake is so embarrassing, it cycles all the away around the...

December 2014

December 19, 2014

Lest we forget: journalists in jail around the world

From the Committee to Protect Journalists: The Committee to Protect Journalists identified 220 journalists in...

December 13, 2014

Great moments in journalism: The New York Times correction on the pope’s “animals in heaven” remarks

Even Jesus had to do a face palm. Classic: Correction: December 12, 2014 An earlier...

December 10, 2014

TIME’s Person of the Year is …

...a group of people: the Ebola fighters. (Last year, you'll recall, the cover boy was Pope...

December 08, 2014

Great moments in journalism: you decide, we report

Media Bistro reported last week on a media summit featuring ABC News anchor David Muir....