February 22, 2004

The uber jocks at Liberty U: debaters!

February 22, 2004

Michelle Boorstein of The Washington Post wrote a charming front-page story last week about the debate team at Liberty University — yes, the university founded by Jerry Falwell, everybody’s favorite “fundamentalist” whipping post. (Boorstein could have been one of the few journalists to use fundamentalist within the standards of AP; for several years Falwell published a magazine called Fundamentalist Journal. But she had a more interesting story to tell.)

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Terry Mattingly

February 21, 2004

Terry Mattingly, WWW-Tech

Blogs: A good place for journalism confession (in Dallas)

Terry Mattingly

February 21, 2004

Terry Mattingly, WWW-Tech

The quotation from A.J. Liebling is one of the most famous in all of journalism: “Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.”

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Terry Mattingly

February 20, 2004

Terry Mattingly, WWW-Tech

Wanted: One classy, nuanced GetReligion logo

Terry Mattingly

February 20, 2004

Terry Mattingly, WWW-Tech

Time for a personal favor. Doug and I are searching all over the web for something. We know of a cathedral or two — St. John the Divine in New York City leaps to mind — that have stained-glass windows with images drawn from journalism and mass media. But we can’t find these images.

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Terry Mattingly

February 20, 2004

Terry Mattingly

Red states, blue states. How about red movies and "blue" movies?

Terry Mattingly

February 20, 2004

Terry Mattingly

A film-studies professor friend of mine just sent me a note from the Studio Briefing files (fifth item) about Bernardo Bertolucci’s controversial new film, which is veering into rating territory where few recent artsy skin flicks have dared to go.

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Terry Mattingly

February 20, 2004

Godbeat, Terry Mattingly

Passion screenings -- just in time to be late

Terry Mattingly

February 20, 2004

Godbeat, Terry Mattingly

It appears that God-beat professionals are finally going to get to see “The Passion of the Christ” — on Monday. This is when run-of-the-mill press screenings are being held across the land.

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Terry Mattingly

February 19, 2004

Godbeat, Terry Mattingly

Get religion; Get information; Get scholarship money

Terry Mattingly

February 19, 2004

Godbeat, Terry Mattingly

Here is some exciting news. The professionals at the Religion Newswriters Association — the informal guild of people who cover the religion beat — have landed some scholarship money for people who want to learn more about this highly complex beat.

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Douglas LeBlanc

February 19, 2004

Douglas LeBlanc, People

Citizen Anschutz

Douglas LeBlanc

February 19, 2004

Douglas LeBlanc, People

Qwest founder and billionaire Philip Anschutz has just purchased the San Francisco Examiner, and his faith is an overlooked factor in the earliest coverage. The prevailing theme is of how press-averse Anschutz has been for most of his career.

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Douglas LeBlanc

February 19, 2004

Douglas LeBlanc

Queering the Last Supper

Douglas LeBlanc

February 19, 2004

Douglas LeBlanc

Our friends at The Revealer recently offered a paean to “Outing the Bible,” a cover story in the East Bay Express about self-described queer theologians at the Pacific School of Religion’s Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry.

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Terry Mattingly

February 19, 2004

Godbeat, Terry Mattingly

Hey editors, are there any Baptists in your area code?

Terry Mattingly

February 19, 2004

Godbeat, Terry Mattingly

Last time I checked, the Southern Baptist Convention was still the second-largest Christian body in North America, after the Roman Catholic Church. Thus, I would assume that this 16-something-million flock considering a massive change in its name and identity just MIGHT deserve a story in a few major newspapers.

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