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June 2013

June 04, 2013

A REALLY Great Moment in Journalism, as a Laid-Off Sun-Times Photographer Documents His New Life

As the author of this new blog describes it: Rob Hart was replaced with a reporter...

June 03, 2013

Great Moments in Journalism: How the AP Reported Corpus Christi

From Venezuela, we learn this fascinating tidbit: The descendants of African slaves donned masks and...

April 2013

April 23, 2013

“Reporter” listed as worst job of 2013

From the Wall Street Journal: This year, several professions geared toward serving the financial and...

April 18, 2013

Gosnell backlash: how a free press becomes less free

If the press isn't responsible, the government will start trying to tell it what to...

April 13, 2013

Is media bias tainting the Gosnell story?

Veteran journo Paul Moses ponders that question over at Commonweal's blog: There is a lively debate over...

April 12, 2013

Idiotic argument of the week: the real cause of the Gosnell horror was the pro-life movement

While the shocking details of the Kermit Gosnell trial continue to seep out -- and...

April 10, 2013

The journalist who became an evangelist

I spotted his obit in the New York Times this morning, and wanted to post...

April 02, 2013

Great moments in journalism: for Easter, the NY Times lays an egg

I was otherwise engaged on Sunday, and didn't check out the NY Times. But other...

March 2013

March 19, 2013

Would the US State Department consider “monitoring” the election of a pope?

Check out this snippet from last Friday's daily briefing with reporters. The briefer is Victoria...

March 13, 2013

Covering the conclave: how the Italian press drives the story

How does media coverage of the Vatican work? Some insight from someone who knows, via...

March 06, 2013

Great moments in journalism: a headline for the ages

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March 06, 2013

Gag order imposed on cardinals

From the indispensable John Thavis: U.S. cardinals abruptly canceled their planned briefing today, and no...

February 2013

February 23, 2013

Vatican slams resignation “gossip” in media

From the BBC: The Vatican's chief spokesperson has criticised the media for reporting "misinformation" about...

February 12, 2013

How understanding Latin led reporter to the scoop of a lifetime

From AFP: An Italian journalist who beat the world's media on Pope Benedict XVI's decision...

February 06, 2013

Vatican official praises media for helping uncover sex abuse scandal

From the BBC: The Vatican official charged with prosecuting sexual crimes has acknowledged that the...

January 2013

January 28, 2013

Great moments in journalism: the New York Times just gives up and lets a PR firm run things

A one-time giant in journalism gets caught with its pants down. It's not pretty. From...

January 28, 2013

National Catholic Reporter responds to Bishop Finn: “NCR is proud to call itself a Catholic publication”

After Friday's column, in which Kansas City's Bishop Robert Finn accused it of undermining church teaching, the...

January 25, 2013

Bishop Finn takes aim at the National Catholic Reporter—UPDATED

In his diocesan paper, Bishop Robert W. Finn of Kansas City-St. Joseph raises questions about...

January 21, 2013

Condoleeza Rice joins CBS News

Quite a coup for the network: Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has joined CBS News as...

January 15, 2013

Deja vu: the Atlantic, Scientology, and a classic letter by E.B. White

Today, the Atlantic announced it was pulling an "advertorial" singing the praises of the Church...

December 2012

December 28, 2012

Great moments in journalism: Let is snow!

God bless 'em: Read all about it. Or maybe...red all about is?

December 23, 2012

Great moments in journalism: how the NY Times bungled the Newtown story

After surveying some of the mistakes in the Times's early coverage of the tragedy, the...

December 03, 2012

National Catholic Reporter endorses women priests—UPDATED

But somehow, this doesn't surprise me. How much longer until the name becomes the National...

November 2012

November 12, 2012

NY Times new president is a practicing Catholic who believes in “objective truths”

From A Journey Through NYC Religions: Tomorrow, Mark Thompson takes over as the new President...

October 2012

October 28, 2012

How one newspaper decided to endorse Romney

It raised some eyebrows when the Des Moines Register announced its endorsement for president this...

October 03, 2012

What the media doesn’t “get” about the Catholic Church

Well, there are a lot of things. But here's one take, from the great Sister...

September 2012

September 17, 2012

“What’s wrong in the Vatican press office?”

That's the question being posed by editor Robert Royal over at The Catholic Thing --...

August 2012

August 28, 2012

Great moments in journalism: Bias? What bias?

This just in: dog bites man. In other news, someone is suggesting that the New...

August 16, 2012

A big move: you can now “Get Religion” at Patheos

More fodder for Great Moments in Journalism! I'm delighted to share this happy news. Details: ...

July 2012

July 24, 2012

Great moments in journalism: CNN lays an egg

Well, this ain't kosher. Not at all. Memo to CNN: what the hell are you...