On Food & Culture
A Report released by the Pew Research Center, “News Audiences Increasingly Politicized,” provides a helpful insight into the way that US news audiences are coalescing around cable outlets that suit their tastes and political biases. I found a column by Robert J. Samuelson highlights the …
I am constantly impressed by the number and quality of media arts centers across the US. These centers are dedicated to community and the aesthetics of beauty and justice. In Seattle, serving the Pacific Nortwhest, is Jack Straw Productions, devoted to sound art. They’ve just …
I’ve just returned from a fantastic holiday in Provincetown, MA. There is an interesting report on the ninth European Christian Internet Conference, ECIC IX, Cluj, Romania By Sean Hawkey As churches are finding it increasingly difficult to get ‘bums on pews’, an emerging new breed …
Did anyone else catch the HBO America Undercover documentary by Antony Thomas, “Celibacy?” Wow! The review on Beliefnet reports the outcry from the institutional Catholic Church. But the article in the Rocky Mountain News is more balanced, I think, and is an example of the …
Saturday morning and it is still soaked here in Houston. Will spend the day just relaxing, for a change. Am eager to delve into a book I picked up some time ago, “City of Sacrifice” by David Carrasco. A fascinating, if very difficult, read because …
Novela, Novela”is a 7- minute report won a women’s rights project award from the Media That Matters Film Fest. Watching the streaming video, it tells the story of a telenovela airing in Nicaragua about violence against women in the home. The broadcast TV series looks …
The USA page of the CRIS Campaign has clear bullets that concisely list the main issues of communications rights in the information society. It is a Wiki site. Thanks, Mary, for the link to this thought-provoking flash animation: Osama Lotto. Ad�n
When I visited the National Council of Churches communications officer in NYC, I saw the ad that will be aired in Arab countries and was blown away by it. The efforts of the NCC to bring religious leadership to bear on Iraq and torture is …
Spent a glorious weekend in New York, enjoying off-off Broadway plays and one Broadway play, “I Am My Own Wife.” The Sunday afternoon matinee was one of the most enjoyable and enriching experiences I have had in a long, long time. Charlotte V. Mahlsdorf survived …
Alberto sent me this link about a debate regarding the ethics of manipulating photo images with photoshop or other means. The article by Pedro Meyer in Mexico takes issue with the rescinding of a photo award given by the North Carolina Press Photographers Association in …