Catholic Media Journal http://fusonline.org/cmj News and Comments About Catholic Media and Media Coverage of the Catholic Church Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:42:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 en We’ve Moved! Click on the Link Below http://fusonline.org/cmj/2008/03/21/weve-moved-click-on-the-link-below/ http://fusonline.org/cmj/2008/03/21/weve-moved-click-on-the-link-below/#comments Fri, 21 Mar 2008 21:30:21 +0000 Jim Coyle http://fusonline.org/cmj/2008/03/21/weve-moved-click-on-the-link-below/ We’ve moved Catholic Media Journal to a new server, and you should have been redirected to the new site. But if you’re reading this message, click on the link below to reach the current Journal:

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]]> http://fusonline.org/cmj/2008/03/21/weve-moved-click-on-the-link-below/feed/ Still Rebuilding after Katrina http://fusonline.org/cmj/2008/03/14/rebuilding-after-katrina/ http://fusonline.org/cmj/2008/03/14/rebuilding-after-katrina/#comments Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:19:45 +0000 Jim Coyle http://fusonline.org/cmj/2008/03/14/rebuilding-after-katrina/ One year ago today, March 14, 2007, I was in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans with 8 Franciscan University of Steubenville students. We were on a Spring Break “Media Mission” to the areas hit by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Although a year and a half had gone by and much recovery and rebuilding work had been done along the Mississippi Gulf Coast and New Orleans by individuals and organizations, the impact on the people and the area were still so evident.

I wanted the students to observe, experience - and share their experiences through written, oral and visual stories. And I was looking forward to again seeing some of the people I’d met in October, 2005, when I first visited these areas 2 months after Katrina had hit. How were they doing? How were their friends and families? How was the recovery going?

We found just about everything - joy and sadness, hope and hopelessness, hearts of gold and hearts crying out to God. Unfortunately, our Media Mission wasn’t part of a class, and when we got back to Steubenville after Spring Break, we were caught up in our classes and projects - and didn’t get all of our stories out. There were several exceptions, including an excellent video documentary produced by Kristen Rainey as her Senior Thesis project, and stories in the University’s Franciscan Way magazine and the student newspaper, The Troubadour. We’ve been able to share our personal stories with our friends and families. And as a demonstration in one of my classes, I produced a short podcast (12-1/2 minutes long) about part of the trip. Here it is:

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By the way, The Endless Road Podcast is a very-occasional podcast I produce, often to test new equipment and audio programs. And listening to this 2007 podcast, I’m glad we’re using better equipment now.

If you’ve checked the About page of this site or our earliest posts, you know that Catholic Media Journal began as an online diary of a 2005 Catholic Media Tour to Mississippi and Louisiana two months after Hurrican Katrina. It’s good to remember, to pray, and to support the people and the Church, however we’re called.

Jim Coyle

]]> http://fusonline.org/cmj/2008/03/14/rebuilding-after-katrina/feed/ First Draft: Catholic Media Journal Podcast #1 - Tim Drake http://fusonline.org/cmj/2008/03/12/first-draft-catholic-media-journal-podcast-1/ http://fusonline.org/cmj/2008/03/12/first-draft-catholic-media-journal-podcast-1/#comments Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:43:05 +0000 Jim Coyle http://fusonline.org/cmj/?p=37 Through the magic of Internet communications, Tim Drake, Senior Writer for the National Catholic Register, was our Guest in the March 12 Church & Media class at Franciscan University of Steubenville. Tim talked with us about Catholic journalism, New Media, his experience blogging from 2005 World Youth Day in Cologne, Germany, and his new blog, Pope2008.com - one of the RSS feeds featured on the right side of our website.

We recorded the 25-minute conversation as the first edition of the Catholic Media Journal Podcast and invite you to listen. Just use one of these players:

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]]> http://fusonline.org/cmj/2008/03/12/first-draft-catholic-media-journal-podcast-1/feed/ Catholic Podcasting - Underground http://fusonline.org/cmj/2008/03/10/the-catholic-podcasting-underground/ http://fusonline.org/cmj/2008/03/10/the-catholic-podcasting-underground/#comments Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:23:52 +0000 Jim Coyle http://fusonline.org/cmj/?p=36 One of the many Catholic podcasts we enjoy is “The Catholic Underground - the podcast about the meeting place between our Catholic Faith and New Media.” It’s lively, enjoyable, informative - and “random” as some people say. They broke from their regular format for an episode last October in which the hosts were interviewed online by Caroline Schermerhorn of Envoy magazine. This episode lets us get to know more about the podcast, the people and purpose behind it - Cool stuff.

Go to CU Episode #56 - Envoyage! to listen online.

]]> http://fusonline.org/cmj/2008/03/10/the-catholic-podcasting-underground/feed/ Blogging the Papal Visit http://fusonline.org/cmj/2008/03/09/blogging-the-papal-visit/ http://fusonline.org/cmj/2008/03/09/blogging-the-papal-visit/#comments Mon, 10 Mar 2008 03:11:01 +0000 Jim Coyle http://fusonline.org/cmj/?p=35 As you scroll down this page, along the right side you’ll find feeds for 2 blogs devoted to Pope Benedict XVI’s April 15-20 visit to the United States. With the Pope’s visit several weeks away, bloggers are already sharing stories and information about the event. We’re reading about some of the behind-the-scenes preparations, seeing historic video footage of Pope John Paul II’s 1979 visit to Catholic University of America, and finding links to some of the stories already being published in the regular media. Through these and other blogs, we’re already able to get a personal sense of involvement in Pope Benedict’s visit.

The first blog is Pope2008.com written by Tim Drake, an active Catholic author and journalist who blogged during World Youth Day in Cologne, Germany, sharing stories through words and pictures. The next blog is from members of the Communications staff of the USCCB - the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops - who are key planners for logistics and media relations for the U.S. Papal Visit. Right below that blog is a feed showing the most recent stories from the Papal Visit 2008 website.

These are RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds and will be showing the most recent posts and stories from their sources. Click on a post’s title or the name of the source to go directly to the website.

We’ll be adding more as time goes on, so be sure to check them out.

]]> http://fusonline.org/cmj/2008/03/09/blogging-the-papal-visit/feed/ Catholic Media Journal’s New Design http://fusonline.org/cmj/2008/03/06/catholic-media-journals-new-design/ http://fusonline.org/cmj/2008/03/06/catholic-media-journals-new-design/#comments Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:03:00 +0000 Jim Coyle http://fusonline.org/cmj/?p=34 Taking advantage of Spring Break here at Franciscan University of Steubenville, I’ve made several changes to Catholic Media Journal’s look and feel. The biggest change was switching to WordPress as the framework, using a theme by Chris Peterson. There’s still work to be done on the site, but since you’re reading this you know we’ve gone “live” with the new design.

Catholic Media Journal started in October 2005 as an online diary by Catholic journalists reporting on the destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina in Mississippi and Louisiana. We’ve re-activated the Journal, planning to take a wider look at communications within and about the Catholic Church. A major event we’re planning to cover is the April visit by Pope Benedict XVI to the United States, looking especially at New Media stories - and the communications technology being used in 2008. I’m anticipating many changes in technology since covering my last Papal Visit - World Youth Day in Denver with Pope John Paul II in 1993. All of it, though, should help tell stories of the Pope’s visit to the United States - more ”up close and personal” than ever before.

Jim Coyle

]]> http://fusonline.org/cmj/2008/03/06/catholic-media-journals-new-design/feed/ Catholics Alive and Well in the Blogosphere http://fusonline.org/cmj/2008/02/25/catholics-alive-and-well-in-the-blogosphere/ http://fusonline.org/cmj/2008/02/25/catholics-alive-and-well-in-the-blogosphere/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:09:00 +0000 Jim Coyle http://fusonline.org/cmj/?p=24 As I’m writing this, the Catholic Blog Directory shows there are 1,281 Catholic Blogs. (I haven’t counted them myself.) Technorati today identifies 3,759 “blogs about Catholic” (as I was writing this sentence, 4 more “Catholic blogs” were added to the list). On February 11, Anne Helmond mentioned in The Blogherald that Technorati reported tracking 112.8 million blogs while wondered about blog counting itself:

I don’t think the blogosphere is quite mature yet. Technorati currently states it is tracking over 112.8 million blogs, a number which obviously does not include all the 72.82 million Chinese blogs as counted by The China Internet Network Information Center. Blog statistics often concern the English language blogosphere but we should not forget about the millions of other blogs that are not always included in estimations.

How do you find the Right Blog for You? Talk to your friends about blogs they read. Check Catholic websites for mentions of blogs. Search online. Find out what Catholic blogs are popular, as shown by blog awards results. Googling for Catholic Blogs, you might have discovered that nominations are open for the 2008 Catholic Blog Awards - the 5th year of the awards. The two-week nomination period ends Friday, February 29, and voting will be open March 3-17, 2008. All the details are available online, along with a kind of “History of Catholic Blogging” reflected in the lists of each year’s winners - which goes all the way back to 2004.

However you find them, it’s important to read the blogs, and read about the blogger. Find what you like, what engages you, what you get passionate about. Haven’t found that yet? Keep looking…or better yet, think about adding your voice to the online conversation by posting comments on the blogs - or starting your own.

]]> http://fusonline.org/cmj/2008/02/25/catholics-alive-and-well-in-the-blogosphere/feed/ Call In Your Experience of the Clinton Pro-Life Protest http://fusonline.org/cmj/2008/02/17/call-in-your-experience-of-the-clinton-pro-life-protest/ http://fusonline.org/cmj/2008/02/17/call-in-your-experience-of-the-clinton-pro-life-protest/#comments Sun, 17 Feb 2008 16:18:00 +0000 Jim Coyle http://fusonline.org/cmj/?p=23
The Communication Arts Department at Franciscan University would like to hear about your participation in the Pro-Life demonstration during Bill Clinton’s visit to Steubenville February 17. Share your experience for possible inclusion in an upcoming audio podcast. Tell us why you participated and what it was like to be there. Call 740-314-1830

Thanks,
Dr. Jim Coyle

]]> http://fusonline.org/cmj/2008/02/17/call-in-your-experience-of-the-clinton-pro-life-protest/feed/ Media Ethics and the Church http://fusonline.org/cmj/2008/02/14/media-ethics-and-the-church/ http://fusonline.org/cmj/2008/02/14/media-ethics-and-the-church/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:51:00 +0000 Jim Coyle http://fusonline.org/cmj/?p=22 Following up on a question in class yesterday, I’ve added 14 links of Journalism/Media Codes of Ethics to my del.icio.us webpage. It’s a collection - a sampling - of professional journalism organizations’ codes of ethics or professional practices, as well as an updated bibliography of journalism ethics resources from the Poynter Institute. It’s encouraging to see so many policies and statements, but it seems that not all journalists and other professional communicators follow their industries’ codes.

No wonder Pope Benedict XVI is calling for development of “info-ethics” in today’s information-driven world. Journalism is an important aspect of that.

Jim Coyle

]]> http://fusonline.org/cmj/2008/02/14/media-ethics-and-the-church/feed/ Franciscan U Students at the United Nations: Looking Forward and Looking Back http://fusonline.org/cmj/2008/02/03/franciscan-u-students-at-the-united-nations-looking-forward-and-looking-back/ http://fusonline.org/cmj/2008/02/03/franciscan-u-students-at-the-united-nations-looking-forward-and-looking-back/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:42:00 +0000 Jim Coyle http://fusonline.org/cmj/?p=21 During our 2005 Spring Break, 25 Franciscan University of Steubenville students and four faculty members traveled to United Nations headquarters in New York and spent the week at the UN’s “Beijing Plus 10″ conference on the Status of Women. Working with the talents of the Communications students and staff, that week we inaugurated Franciscan University’s Podcasting services - which have had more than 100,000 downloads since March, 2005. As another means of sharing our experiences there, we established a Web-based communication outreach, Catholic NGO Voice, focusing on issues involving authentic Catholic Human Rights around the world. The NGO Voice website is presently being redesigned and will be online again by late February, but our many podcasts are available online. Several of the participating students and staff members were interviewed by Vatican Radio and featured on their global English language programmes.

Upon returning to Franciscan University, students and faculty attending the “Beijing + 10″ conference shared about their experiences and impact at a live presentation to the University community. The live reports concluded with some of the photos and comments recorded in New York. On this small screen, I invite you to see and hear that closing presentation:



Franciscan University students and faculty members have participated in several other UN commissions since then, and during our Spring Break next month, students and faculty members will be spending a week at the UN’s 2008 Commission on the Status of Women, with reports throughout the week on the NGO Voice website and Podcast site. We’ll let you know when the updated website is up so you can follow the story as we return to the United Nations.

Jim Coyle

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