GetReligion readers who have been in the journalism biz for several decades will remember some of the curses that were hurled at the creators of USA Today.
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Faith and the high-court duos ... (ssshhh)
Right up front, let me confess that I really had my hopes up when I started reading the Washington Post story that ran under the following headline: “Justices who will shape Supreme Courtâs future are matching pairs.”
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Ron Artest: Buddhist or bizarre?
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Closet therapy
The latest cover of the New York Times Magazine looks at religion, gay orientation/identity, and therapy, and the reporting from Mimi Swartz is pretty straight forward.
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A Mormon ticket
I love it when reporters look for religion angles in political stories, I really do. Sometimes, though, a reporter tries too hard to see a faith angle. Consider Joshua Green’s post for The Atlantic on Jon Huntsman’s new website, www.Jon2012.com, and whether it has any biblical implications, referring to the New Testament passage John 20:12.
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Generic story about the growing convent
There is this famous, historic Catholic school in Catonsville, Md., which is an old suburb of Baltimore, called Mount de Sales Academy.
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Beyond divorce's social stigma
Hello, readers. Look at this story, now back to me. Look at this survey, now back to me. Sadly, the story isn’t what you might expect from survey results, but if the reporter checked on some variables, the story might be worth reading. Anything is possible when you consider the religion angle. I’m on a horse.
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Two mysterious, silent friars (for some reason)
In a way, that recent New York Times essay about the lives of Brother Julian and Brother Adrian Riester — twin Franciscan friars who died, on the same day, at age 92 — seems like the perfect example of a religion story that gets it, that shows faith as a powerful factor in the lives of these intriguing people.
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Sin, racism and a killer tornado?
Please understand that I am not saying that it is poorly reported and written. I would not be in a position to say that. In fact, I do not believe that.
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