Archive for September, 2008
A Tribute to Matt
Monday, September 29th, 2008If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!As many of you already know, Today’s Pentecostal Evangel lost its talented and kindhearted art director Matt Key on Sunday. Matt sustained fatal head injuries in a wakeboarding accident at Bull Shoals Lake.
It’s so shocking because Matt leaves us […]
The Upside of a Down Economy
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008There has been a lot of moaning and groaning this year about the wretched economy. With it costing twice as much to fill a gas tank as it did not that long ago and with the price of some basic grocery items skyrocketing, complaining is a natural reaction, even for Christians.
But Christians aren’t supposed to […]
Religion Reporting
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008Yesterday I relayed much gloom and doom about the future of the printed medium, based on reports from expert panelists who gathered for the centennial celebration last week of the University of Missouri School of Journalism. Although religion reporting faces many of the same challenges, there also are new opportunities.
When I attended journalism school nearly […]
Journalism Survival Mode
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008I attended a symposium at my alma mater last week. The University of Missouri marked the centennial of the world’s oldest journalism school by dedicating the $31 million state-of-the-art Reynolds Journalism Institute. Yet the celebration was muted, due to the gloomy forecast for the industry.
Unfortunately, the business model that sustained newspapers and magazines for most […]
Demonizing Differences
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008For the past week, many in the mainstream media have been trying to ridicule Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin. Initially, the pundits at NBC, The New York Times and elsewhere decried Palin for being “unqualified,” supposedly because of her age (44) and inexperience (20 months as governor of Alaska). CNN anchor Campbell Brown nearly […]
The Veepstakes
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008It used to be that vice presidential picks didn’t matter much, important only to balance a ticket geographically such as Texan Lyndon Johnson did for New Englander John F. Kennedy.
But with no incumbent president or vice president in the contest, this is no ordinary election year. Both nominees seem to have picked running mates designed […]
More Coverage Please
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008Hurricane-permitting, the Republican National Convention will be upon us tonight. But I’ll be frustrated with the lack of television coverage by the major networks. ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX all argue that political conventions have become too scripted and are in essence just free commercials. Thus, the broadcast networks usually are showing only one hour […]