Faith and Journalism
When I think of faith in the media, I think of movies like The Invention of Lying or Saved or tv shows like Big Love. It’s easy to mock other people’s beliefs (such as in the clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umLUKBlpyoY) through a fictional story but in the news we must stick to the facts. I also think it’s important for journalism to adhere to the separation of church and state. National broadcasts shouldn’t show bias towards or against religion.
My home Bishop is actually a BYU graduate and Emmy award winning reporter for ABC News in Houston. He would often tell us about different stories he was covering and how it was impossible to avoid discussing the gospel and it’s influence in the places he went. For example, he was filming a story during a storm in a moving vehicle. He received an impression to immediately stop the car. It was raining so hard they couldn’t see where they were going and it didn’t appear as if there were any other cars on the road. Once the car stopped he hopped out and walked a couple feet in front of the car where they saw that the highway actually dropped off, due to an earthquake. (here’s an example of one of his stories: (http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/video?id=7220741)
