Also: Meet the man helping mainstream media get the religion story right
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Lee Benson writes: "The year was 1985, the place was Chihuahua, Mexico, and the situation was Jorge, at 24, deciding it was time he summoned up his courage and told his father he didn’t want to be what he wanted him to be. "Jorge was partway through his studies at the law school in Chihuahua, long enough to know he didn’t want to be a lawyer. His dream was to be a businessman, like his father, who owned a supermarket and ran several side businesses. “'But they wanted a lawyer in the family,'” says Jorge with a what-are-you-going-to-do shrug. "But that’s getting ahead of our story. First, Jorge needed to get to America." |
Mariya Manzhos writes: "As many religious people can attest, national journalists sometimes have a hard time getting religion coverage right. "The New York Times faced pushback for a headline that called churches a 'major source of coronavirus cases,' when 650 cases out of 3 million were linked to churches and religious events. A study of 250,000 articles revealed that Islam is often portrayed negatively and framed as a violent religion. A reporter for The Washington Post once called evangelicals 'poor, uneducated and easy to command,' triggering an uproar from readers and a correction. "So how do you get the elite journalists at top mainstream publications to care about religion and take it more seriously? One idea: You invite them to an all-expenses-paid, two-day retreat at a four-star resort in Miami to mingle and discuss with scholars and experts the biggest questions on society and religion that Americans are wrestling with." Read more about religion coverage. |
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