The 2005 end of the year wrap-up stories are starting to bloom. With New Year’s Day falling on a Sunday — massive newspapers — look for tons then.
When is religion news "religion" news?
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Moving on with the story
I returned to Washington from Indianapolis this afternoon/evening and expected to be reminded that the story of the death of Colts coach Tony Dungy’s son was a local one. Sure, I thought, if Dungy retires due to this tragic event, people outside the community are going to take notice, but front-page stories on the funeral will be hard to find outside of Colts-land.
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Pope at Christmas: You write the lede
Greetings from Crawford, Texas, home of my professor brother and, from time to time, of someone named George W. Bush. I wonder if I could get arrested for Christmas caroling out at the ranch tonight? After all, it is still Christmas.
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Whoopsie!
I’m sure this refers to an editorial article and a not a news article, but this correction in the Los Angeles Times is funny.
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A holiday against syncretism . . . syncretized
Even though fewer than 2 percent of the American population is Jewish, the religion ranks number two in America behind Christianity’s 77 percent of the population.
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Blunt headline of the day
The Christmas box office race is getting rather interesting, but I think this is taking it a little bit too far, don’t you think? Anyone else seen any good headlines or novelty leads on this one?
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Yes, some are offended by "Merry Christmas"
At last! It is finally time for old-fashioned religious fanatics like me to haul off and say the words — “Merry Christmas.”
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How to report on a life of faith
The news of the death of James Dungy, son of Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy, came from left field Thursday morning and hit a community that lived and breathed news of its pro football team. Appropriately, The Indianapolis Star fired up its reporting engines and published a half-dozen stories covering the variety of angles, not the least of which was how this news would impact the recently undefeated football team.
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Reviewing the Brokeback story, so far
This post is really late and I apologize for that. However, I have not been anxious to get back into the Brokeback Hollywood story. However, it is clearly not going away. I told the folks at Poynter.org — in an email poll they sent me — that I think it’s going to be one of the three or four hottest religion/cultural stories of the year in 2006.
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