╨╧рб▒с>■  )+■   (                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                ье┴3 Ё┐.bjbj╘╘ "╢b╢b.      l       4тттт ю4( ╢щщщз й й й й й й $▐ ■ Z═  щщщщщ═ w  █т wwwщ"  з wщз wwУ  У  p∙л/┘Х╟4от У У ° 0( У X'PXУ w44    ┘Remarks Monica Brady-Myerov WBUR Radio Remarks for Panel on Journalistic Ethics and Religion Coverage Blasphemy, Free Expression and Journalistic Ethics Conference March 24, 2007 ░м┐╔╓▒▓е College Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts In my view coverage of religion has really exploded in the past 5 years or so and a robust press has really started to cover religion as a part of society and as a business. I say this because IТve been part of this change. When the clergy sexual abuse scandal broke by the ░м┐╔╓▒▓е Globe in January 2001, I went to Father GeoghanТs trial and that began my specialization in religion reporting. I say specialty because not all reporters at WBUR have beats. I am a general assignments reporter. But my coverage of religionЧprimarily the Catholic ChurchЧover the past few years has touched on social issues, business issues and faith issues. I would say actually that IТve done less on the faith part of religion and more about social and business. I think that up until 5 years ago reporters were concerned about the social costs of religion storiesЧreligion, especially the Catholic religion, was not critically covered by the media. Do I have personal concerns covering religion? As a reporter I often worriedЧWould I offend anyone, how will a predominately Catholic audience react to a story thatТs critical of the church? But the clergy abuse scandal blew the lid off that and since then probably most of my reporting has been on bad management in the churchЧchurch closings and vigils, school closing and Catholic Charities getting out of adoptions because of same sex couples. None of these stories have made the church as an institution look goodЕbut IТve always tried to include in my reporting how itТs affecting peopleТs faith. ThatТs what I find interesting and human about religion stories. Honestly we havenТt taken a hard look at other religions and sexual abuse because we donТt have the staff and the news has centered on the Catholic Church. As for my background, I was raised Catholic, studied Islam in Kenya did a research paper on Ramadan while fasting. I married a JewЕso I feel lucky to have a personal understanding of several religions. I have also reported overseas from Kenya, Brazil and Kosovo. In Brazil Catholicism was a big story so I covered religion to some extent. One thing that surprises me covering religion is that many people ask me what my religion is. When covering other subjects, education or health care, not one asks me if I went to public or private school? Or whether I have Blue Cross or Tufts. I think people believe that what religion you were raised will somehow affect your reporting. FURTHER QUESTIONS: Did the Catholic Church pressure my reporting? No, they just offered me and every other journalist very little cooperation so it was hard to tell the story in a fair way. Some of my stories had more tape and context from lawyers for alleged sexual abuse victims, because the church often didnТt respond. Other countries Ц When I was in Kenya you couldnТt question much, not the government and certainly not religion. I didnТt focus much on religion as I was covering the entire region, but I know stories criticizing religion wouldnТt have gone over well. I believe we do not need a law against critiquing religion. This would be contrary to free speech. What is the difference between radio and print reporting? Radio is more intimate; settings for religion tend to sound the same, mass or other ceremony, and I always need to set my story somewhere, so this can be difficult. [This document can be found online at www.bc.edu/boisi.] 'рНОВ▒┤╞N.ЎЇЇЇЇ6Б5Б:БCJ\БaJ '<fд│┬▀рЗИ┴ ┬ Н О   lmnБВ▓┤¤°ёххх┘х┘┘╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ $ддx[$\$a$ $дд[$\$a$$д╕a$$a$.¤┤єЇї.¤¤¤¤¤¤ 1Рh░╨/ ░р=!░а"░а#Ра$Ра%░ i8@ё 8 NormalCJ_HaJmH sH tH F@2F Heading 3дdдd@&[$\$5БCJ\БaJ<A@Є б< Default Paragraph Font0>@Є0 Title $д@a$CJaJ.    '<fд│┬▀рЗИ┴┬НО  l m n Б В ▓ ┤   є Ї ї 0Ш0ААШ0ААШ0АА(0АА(0АА(0АА(0АА(0АА(0АА(0ААШ0ААШ0ААШ0ААШ0ААШ0ААШ0ААШ0ААШ0ААШ0ААШ0ААШ0ААШ0ААШ0ААШ0ААШ0ААШ0ААШ0ААШ0ААШ0ААШ0ААШ0АА. ┤. . 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