10 years of GetReligion: Five things they didn’t tell me.
GETRELIGION.ORG — Nearly four years and 500 posts ago, I became the newest GetReligionista.
Now, somehow, I’m the second-longest-tenured regular contributor after the illustrious Terry Mattingly himself.
As we celebrate GetReligion’s 10th anniversary, our esteemed editor tmatt has reflected on “why we are still here” — Part 1 and Part 2 — and talked about “Labels, labels, labels, labels!” He’s even recorded a podcast. George Conger and my bride Tamie Ross have shared additional insight.
Now it’s my turn.
I can’t remember exactly when I started reading GetReligion or how I came across it. But in March 2010, I jumped at the opportunity to join an all-star team that included Mollie Ziegler Hemingway, Sarah Pulliam Bailey and Brad Greenberg. As I wrote in my introductory post:
For a faithful GetReligion reader such as myself, joining the team of contributors is like a baseball fan invited to sit in the press box and share his opinions during the World Series.
Although it’s not quite in the same league as my beloved Texas Rangers, I’m a big fan of this weblog and its endeavor to pinpoint and expose the religion ghosts in the mainstream news media.
But here are five things they didn’t tell me when I signed up.
This analysis of media coverage appears online at GetReligion.org.
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