December 2014: GetReligion
Are they crazy? Despite Ebola threat, Texas missionary couple planning return to Sierra Leone. Published Dec. 1. As D.C. bans gay conversion therapy of minors, where are the opposing religious voices? Published Dec. 3. Washington Post seeks an expert on ‘homegrown American extremist’ tied to Christian identity hate group. Published Dec. 4. 5Q+1: Godbeat pro Lilly Fowler on covering faith and the front lines in #Ferguson. Published Dec. … Continue reading December 2014: GetReligion
5Q+1: Godbeat pro Lilly Fowler on covering faith and the front lines in #Ferguson
5Q+1: Godbeat pro Lilly Fowler on covering faith and the front lines in #Ferguson GETRELIGION.ORG — “Everyone has an agenda.” That’s one lesson Lilly Fowler said she has learned covering faith and the front lines in Ferguson, Missouri, the St. Louis suburb engulfed in racial unrest and sometimes violent protests since the Aug. 9 police shooting of Michael Brown. Born in Mexico and raised on the … Continue reading 5Q+1: Godbeat pro Lilly Fowler on covering faith and the front lines in #Ferguson
Once again, #Ferguson defies easy analysis but demands solid journalism and context
• • • Once again, #Ferguson defies easy analysis but demands solid journalism and context GETRELIGION.ORG — This was the question three months ago: Amen to this question: 'What the hell is happening in #Ferguson?': http://t.co/v1ISW3xY8O #journalism http://t.co/VCkvxBBD78 — GetReligion (@GetReligion) August 14, 2014 Here we go again. I’m supposed to write a post this morning critiquing media coverage. But honestly, the situation at this point defies … Continue reading Once again, #Ferguson defies easy analysis but demands solid journalism and context
Modern-day Job preaching again
Modern-day Job preaching again (reporting from Ridgeland, Miss.): After the murders of his wife and son, Mississippi minister Les Ferguson Jr. wrestled with God. RIDGELAND, Miss. — Les Ferguson Jr. couldn’t help but scream at God. Why — the longtime minister demanded to know — didn’t the Almighty protect his wife and son from the predator who murdered them? In his darkest days, Ferguson couldn’t imagine ever trusting … Continue reading Modern-day Job preaching again
Dear God, please stop Ebola, Liberian immigrants pray
Dear God, please stop Ebola, Liberian immigrants pray: Rhode Island minister hopeful as rate of infections slows in his disease-ravaged homeland. A space vehicle named Philae lands on a comet 310 million miles from Earth? That news strikes close to home. An Ebola outbreak kills thousands in West Africa? Many of us find that news harder to fathom — except when an isolated case of … Continue reading Dear God, please stop Ebola, Liberian immigrants pray
5Q+1 interview: Godbeat pro Peter Smith discusses his in-depth project on immigrant religion in Pittsburgh
5Q+1 interview: Godbeat pro Peter Smith discusses his in-depth project on immigrant religion in Pittsburgh GETRELIGION.ORG — Peter Smith has spent the last several months reporting on immigrant religious communities in Pittsburgh, carving out time for the special project between daily assignments. After 13 years on the Godbeat with the Louisville Courier-Journal, Smith joined the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette as its new religion writer last year. He previously freelanced … Continue reading 5Q+1 interview: Godbeat pro Peter Smith discusses his in-depth project on immigrant religion in Pittsburgh
November 2014: GetReligion
Did the devil make an Oklahoma man smash into Ten Commandments monument? Or did mental illness? Published Nov. 3. Big Bang and Bobby Jindal: Is Louisiana governor’s silence on pope’s evolution remarks newsworthy? Published Nov. 4. No pepperoni, plenty of ghosts: Generic Christians open a pizza cafe as a vague ‘experiment of faith.’ Published Nov. 6. Five for Friday: Zombies and other Godbeat headlines that you may have missed. … Continue reading November 2014: GetReligion
Remember the Titans, neglect the saints
Remember the Titans, neglect the saints: For some, gridiron gods compete with God for time and attention on Sunday. In my Associated Press days, I wrote about a church that developed a “Holy Huddle” program to combat people leaving services early to watch the Dallas Cowboys. More recently, a preacher I know in a different NFL city complained about members slipping out in the middle of … Continue reading Remember the Titans, neglect the saints
5Q+1: From God and guns to Death Row salvation, JoAnne Viviano excels reporting on faith and values
5Q+1 interview: From God and guns to Death Row salvation, JoAnne Viviano excels reporting on faith and values GETRELIGION.ORG — JoAnne Viviano covers faith and values for the Columbus Dispatch, a central Ohio newspaper with a daily circulation of 120,000 and an average Sunday circulation of about 230,000. Her Godbeat writing earned her the 2014 Cornell Religion Reporter of the Year Award from the Religion Newswriters Association. That … Continue reading 5Q+1: From God and guns to Death Row salvation, JoAnne Viviano excels reporting on faith and values
Faith. Family. Fastballs. 