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2014-02-27T13:20:16-05:00

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If at first you don’t succeed … find another source

Last updated on: February 27, 2014 at 1:20 pm By Tamie Ross

Tis a lesson you should heed: Try, try again. If at first you don’t succeed, Try, try again. British writer and editor W.E. Hickson popularized this quotation in the 1870s, and I’m dusting it off today for our friends at The Dallas Morning News. Why, you ask? I’m guessing they haven’t thought of applying the concept to sourcing stories, particularly ones that demand a balanced treatment. On the heels of a federal judge’s ruling striking down Texas’ ban on same-sex marriage, I... Read more

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2019-01-03T14:14:44-05:00

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Sausage making and news reporting on Zanzibar

Last updated on: January 3, 2019 at 2:14 pm By geoconger

Otto von Bismark’s reputed maxim: “Laws are like sausages — it is best not to see them being made …” could be applied to the crafting of a news story. Most readers do not concern themselves with how a story came to be and accept the finished product of a news story as “the story.” In the age of the internet and declining standards and budgets for the once great news outlets this is not always a wise move. Now... Read more

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2014-02-27T14:04:19-05:00

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So there: Rod Dreher goes and writes a GetReligion post

Last updated on: February 27, 2014 at 2:04 pm By tmatt

So, yes, I’ll admit that I was a bit disappointed (stage cue: slight choke in voice) to find out — while reading Rod “friend of this blog” Dreher’s usual 10,000 to 15,000 words of daily blogging output — that I was not one of the two newspaper columnists that he consistently gets to read. But, hey, I run in small- and mid-sized newspapers and I know that Rod’s a very busy guy. I mean, really, look at his blog: He... Read more

2014-02-26T13:38:10-05:00

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Got news? A Baptist emerges as acting president of Ukraine

Last updated on: February 26, 2014 at 1:38 pm By tmatt

The news rolls on in Ukraine, with leaders of the opposition attempting to get some work done after the chaos. As you would expect, the tensions remain highest in the Eastern half of the nation, where cultural and, yes, religious ties to Russia are strongest. However, one of the first things that caught my attention in the following Los Angeles Times piece was a simple question of Associated Press style. Can you catch the problem at the top of the... Read more

2014-02-26T08:07:45-05:00

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Mea culpa: Houston, this time the problem was me

Last updated on: February 26, 2014 at 8:07 am By Bobby Ross Jr.

I screwed up. In a post Tuesday, I reported wrongly that the Houston Chronicle managed only 262 words of coverage on a major religion story in its own city — the narrow decision by the First Presbyterian Church of Houston to remain in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). “A glorified news brief,” I disparagingly referred to it. In fact, the Chronicle devoted more than 800 words to Sunday’s vote and gave the decision front-page play. I apologize to the Chronicle and senior reporter... Read more

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2014-02-25T13:43:11-05:00

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Yo, Globe: Why settle for fog when you have a better option?

Last updated on: February 25, 2014 at 1:43 pm By tmatt

So I had a meeting the other day with a former GetReligionista and, within minutes, the topic of the conversation turned to a subject many religion-beat professionals (past, present and future) have been discussing in recent weeks: Now that the folks who run The Boston Globe have John L. Allen, Jr., what precisely are they going to do with him? In a way, this is a variation on one of the big questions looming over our age, journalistically speaking. At... Read more

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2014-02-26T08:01:42-05:00

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Houston, we have a Presbyterian ‘evangelist’ problem (correction)

Last updated on: February 26, 2014 at 8:01 am By Bobby Ross Jr.

Correction: The Houston Chronicle’s coverage was much more extensive than reported below. Read our apology to the Chronicle and senior reporter Mike Tolson. In her recent “State of the Godbeat 2014” report for GetReligion, Julia Duin noted that the Houston Chronicle once had two full-time religion writers. These days, that big Texas paper has one writer covering religion, along with some other beats, Duin reported. So perhaps it’s not surprising that a major religion news story in the nation’s fourth-largest... Read more

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2014-02-25T07:04:18-05:00

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Dear journalists: When in Ukraine, try talking to Ukrainians

Last updated on: February 25, 2014 at 7:04 am By tmatt

Hearing the confessions of soldiers shortly before they go into combat is one of the most important and symbolic duties performed by priests who serve as military chaplains representing Christianity’s ancient churches. After all, the soldiers are going into harm’s way and there is no way to know if they will return. In a way, the priest knows that he could be hearing the penitent’s final confession — turning this encounter into a kind of Last Rites for a person... Read more

2014-02-24T12:37:29-05:00

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Keeping Lent: Not once a year but four times

Last updated on: February 24, 2014 at 12:37 pm By Richard Ostling

TERRY (YES, that TERRY) ASKS: Whatever happened to the Lenten disciplines that used to be part of Advent, in the weeks before Nativity? How do they differ from the season of Lent? THE RELIGION GUY ANSWERS: As Christendom nears the annual season of Lent, this refers to the Orthodox Church’s little-known practice of not just one but four seasons each year of Lenten-type fasting. “Great Lent” leading up to Easter is familiar. But traditionally, Orthodoxy also observes a Nativity Fast... Read more

2014-02-23T22:53:56-05:00

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To the barricades! It’s the religious conservatives again!

Last updated on: February 23, 2014 at 10:53 pm By Jim Davis

The reliably liberal New York Times has waved yet another red flag, thinly masked as in-depth news, on the traditional-religious bigots who disagree with its morality — even daring to pass contrary laws. This time, Ground Zero is Arizona, which is considering a bill to allow businesses to choose whom they serve. Never, in this alleged news report, are we left in doubt of the “correct” opinion to take. Not with a headline like “Religious Right in Arizona Cheers Bill... Read more

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