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@JMBergoglio account is probably fake

Andrew Beaujon — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 20:31:53 +0000

Quizás peco de humildad al decir que soy un simple representante de Dios en La Tierra al igual que Dios lo es de mí en El Cielo.

— Jorge M Bergoglio (@JMBergoglio) March 13, 2013

A Twitter account that appears … Read more

Pope Francis announced; some news orgs predicted his name

Andrew Beaujon — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 20:05:20 +0000

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio is now Pope Francis, punctuating more than an hour of anticipation after white smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel’s chimney.

HABEMUS PAPAM FRANCISCUM

— Pontifex (@Pontifex) March 13, 2013

A Twitter account that claims to … Read more

World press gathers at papal conclave

Andrew Beaujon — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 13:42:48 +0000

The Roman Catholic Church’s cardinal electors will enter the Sistine Chapel at 4:30 p.m. Rome time (11:30 EDT) Tuesday to begin the process of choosing a new pope.

• THE PRESS Members of the press will comfortably outnumber cardinals at … Read more

How Vatican blogger Rocco Palmo is getting ready to cover the conclave for the next Pope

Andrew Beaujon — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:42:59 +0000

Rocco Palmo is going to Rome. Not that the author of the blog “Whispers in the Loggia” had much trouble reporting on the Vatican from his usual perch in Philadelphia. But the upcoming conclave to choose the Catholic Church’s … Read more

Pope Benedict XVI resigns: What you need to know

Andrew Beaujon — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:24:39 +0000

Pope Benedict XVI, who is 85, surprised the world Monday morning by announcing he will resign “due to an advanced age.”

• Many news organizations have reported that Pope Gregory XII was the last leader of the Roman Catholic … Read more

How to cover the 1 in 5 Americans who say they have ‘no religion’

Andrew Beaujon — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 19:10:15 +0000

A new survey by Pew found that nearly 20 percent of Americans say they’re unaffiliated with any religion, the highest percentages ever in Pew Research Center polling. Is the country about to be overrun by atheists? Not exactly.

“Part … Read more

What journalists need to know about Coptic Christians

Al Tompkins — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 20:00:29 +0000

This morning I got a call from the Poynter.org editors, who asked: “Could you write a piece explaining Coptic Christianity?” The request comes as law enforcement identifies Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, being widely described as a “California Coptic Christian,” as the … Read more

Reporters say they don’t know much about religion

Steve Myers — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:29:01 +0000

USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism / University of Akron Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics
First, a caveat: The telephone surveys used for the conclusions you are about to read were conducted two years ago. But the report, … Read more

French magazine firebombed in response to satire of Prophet Muhammad

Steve Myers — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:13:27 +0000

The Telegraph | The New York Times
Charlie Hebdo, a French satirical magazine, decided to mark the election of an Islamist party in Tunisia by renaming itself “Sharia Hebdo” and saying that the Prophet Muhammad would be guest editor. Although … Read more

Religion Newswriters Association announces contest winners

Jim Romenesko — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:59:44 +0000

Romenesko+ Misc.
Michelle Boorstein won the large newspaper reporting award for the Washington Post, while Tim Townsend of St. Louis Post-Dispatch won the metro newspaper reporter of the year award. The Washington Post’s William Wan won first-place in the Supple … Read more