At the Scoop, Maura Jane Farrelly rounds up some responses (and adds her own) to Bill Keller's Times Magazine editorial…
Questioning religion’s role in the presidential race
journalism
When news isn’t so black and white
In light of Hasidic 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky's recent murder, as well as The New York Times’ inclusion of "some of…
Whose foreskin?
Courtney Bender discusses the controversial ballot measure to prohibit circumcision of males under eighteen years of age, which will be…
CFP: Knight Grants for Reporting on Religion and American Public Life
A new grants program for journalists, sponsored by the Knight Program at the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism:…
The future of Haaretz (and of Israel)
David Remnick, in The New Yorker, profiles Amos Schocken, the prickly but principled (albeit ideologically nonconformist) publisher of Haaretz, which,…
Journalism and theology
At The Scoop, Diane Winston sums up and comments on Ross Douthat's recent talk at USC.
Introducing the Israel-Palestine Project
Diane Winston introduces the Israel-Palestine Project, a multimedia exploration of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, composed by students in her USC Annenberg…
New York Times profiles Krista Tippett
In today's New York Times, Samuel G. Freedman warmly profiles Krista Tippett and her acclaimed weekly broadcast "Speaking of Faith."
Religion gone global: An interview with Reza Aslan
How many scholars of religions also run a film company? And how many members of the Council on Foreign Relations…
Coverage of a Muslim Miss USA
At the Scoop, Courtney Bender explores the media's coverage of the Miss USA pageant and finds that "reading the coverage…