5Q+1 interview: From holy pig wrestling to Mass at a Packers game, Holly Meyer has Godbeat covered GETRELIGION.ORG — Holly Meyer cheers for the Green Bay Packers, eats a lot of cheese and tells stories about northeast Wisconsin. Meyer, a reporter for The Post-Crescent in Appleton, Wis., splits her time between early-morning breaking news and the Godbeat. Her religion writing earned her the 2014 Cassels Religion … Continue reading 5Q+1: From holy pig wrestling to Mass at a Packers game, Holly Meyer has Godbeat covered

Coming soon to GR: @bobbyross interviews @ReligionReport prez @bobsmietana in advance of #RNA2014 in Atlanta. pic.twitter.com/GR3eJNfVl4 — GetReligion (@GetReligion) September 17, 2014 5Q+1 interview: Religion writer Bob Smietana on the Godbeat, #RNA2014 and, yes, GetReligion GETRELIGION.ORG — Godbeat pros will convene in Atlanta this week for the Religion Newswriters Association’s 65th annual conference. In advance of the national meeting of religion journalists, RNA President Bob Smietana did … Continue reading 5Q+1: Bob Smietana on the Godbeat, #RNA2014 and, yes, GetReligion

God and journalism: American reportedly beheaded by ISIS wrote about his faith GETRELIGION.ORG — What absolutely crushing news. Amid all the brutal headlines involving the Islamic State militant group in Iraq and Syria (important background here) came a YouTube video Tuesday purportedly showing the beheading of American journalist James Foley. Lord, have mercy. MT @mpoppel: BREAKING: Islamic State, in video “A Message to America,” beheads American journalist James … Continue reading God and journalism: American reportedly beheaded by ISIS wrote about his faith