Catholic Media Journal

Communication Arts students from Franciscan University of Steubenville will be in Washington, D.C., April 15-18, to produce a reality-based television mini-series during Pope Benedict XVI’s visit.
Their production will be one of the first professionally produced documentaries to tell the true story of how college students are positively influenced by their religion and how they are [...]

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Real-time Real-world on-location report. Well, this first audio report is from my office at Franciscan University of Steubenville. I’m looking forward to our trip to Washington for Pope Benedict’s visit, and having the chance to share the trip with you.

Jim Coyle

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American Public Media’s “Speaking of Faith” with Krista Tippett is inviting people to share their stories and reflections about the Catholic church to help express “the humanness of Catholic identity.” As noted on their website:
 We’re using the occasion [of Pope Benedict's U.S. visit] as an opportunity to start a broad-ranging conversation about the rich tradition of Roman Catholicism [...]

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The National Catholic Register’s website posted some comments by Fr. Owen Kerns, LC, Publisher of the Register, about some of the New Media work they’re doing - and mentioned some things we did in our Church & Media class last week in connection with Tim Drake’s Pope2008.com blog:
But here’s the most unusual attention [we've received about the blog]: Professor [...]

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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

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