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Journalistic bias against Mormons is overrated
My experience with journalists suggests they almost always try to get the story of the Latter-day Saints correct.
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Are Mormons really more successful in business?
Lots of news coverage holds up examples of LDS success and uses those examples to show how Mormons are uniquely successful in certain fields, but do the numbers really bear that out?
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Relief Society visiting teaching makes the news
Visiting teaching and home teaching are a vital essence of the LDS life, and they rarely make news.
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Two writers use the Book of Mormon to score political points
Recent comments by Martin Bashir and by a blogger in Salon magazine deserve rebuke for using the Book of Mormon to score political points, but it's commendable that they opened the book in the first place.
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Bill Cosby to perform a second night at BYU-Idaho
Bill Cosby will now perform two shows during his visit to Brigham Young University-Idaho in Juneon Thursday and Friday, June 7 and 8, at 7:30 p.m. in the Hart Auditorium. Tickets will go on sale Monday, May 7, at 8:15 a.m.
AP story about measles vaccinations shows media do report good news
The AP is reporting that millions of lives have been saved as part of a vaccination program for measles, a program the LDS Church continues to play an important role in.
BYU-Idaho student explains coming to terms with alopecia
Whitney Ormsby has alopecia totalis, a hereditary autoimmune skin disease characterized by the gradual loss of hair, eventually leading to total hair loss
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BBC story shows the limits of 'getting both sides.'
A story by the BBC shows the limits of getting both sides in journalism.
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Temple coverage leads to some butterflies
The news coverage about a new temple in Kansas City sometimes, though certainly not always, misses the remarkable history behind the beautiful new structure.
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It always comes back to Joseph Smith
Lawrence O'Donnell's predictably mean-spirited discussion of Joseph Smith does have the virtue of reminding us of the centrality of Joseph Smith's experiences to what it means to be a Latter-day Saint.
BYU-Idaho professor moonlights at gas station
At least one night a week, Grover Wray can be found working without his tie, textbooks or briefcase.
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Elder Harold G. Hillam remembered for patience, hard work
At the Monday funeral for Elder Harold G. Hillam, an emeritus general authority for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Elder L. Tom Perry of the Quorum of the Twelve delivered closing remarks.
Coverage of crisis of the American family under-covered story
A new study from the National Center for Health Statistics received less attention than it should have.
Bill Cosby and Diamond Rio coming to BYU-I
Students at Brigham Young University-Idaho are in for some big names in entertainment with Bill Cosby and Diamond Rio coming to town for the school's Center Stage Performing Arts Series.
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Marvin Goldstein, Vanessa Joy continue tour
Marvin Goldstein and Vanessa Joy continue their musical touring this week with concerts in Cedar City and St. George.
Please get the Book of Mormon right
A new blog post for the Atlantic, while an excellent piece of political analysis, goes off the rails in its descriptions of the Book of Mormon. The Atlantic deserved better as did readers.
1st-edition Book of Mormon at BYU-Idaho
REXBURG, Idaho — A first-edition copy of The Book of Mormon has recently been added to the Brigham Young University-Idaho David O. McKay Library's collection.
Come with me to Rexburg
The best way for journalists to understand this church is by seeing the remarkable young people it produces.
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What the media often misses in LDS baptism stories
The news media seem too often miss how much baptism for the dead means to Latter-day Saints.
Elder Sybrowsky tapped as new Southern Virginia president
Elder Paul K. Sybrowsky, released last October from the Second Quorum of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and a former commissioner of the Northwest Commission of Colleges and Universities and chairman of the board of directors at Utah Valley University, was introduced Friday morning as the new president of Southern Virginia University.
Article argues Mormon senator stood up for Jews
A new article points out that Mormon politicians tried to help pass laws that would have allowed more Jews to emigrate in the days leading up to WWII.
How media can prevent us from living
Life deserves to be lived, not watched on television.
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Two articles for which to be grateful
Two articles this week provide a counterpoint to some unfavorable coverage.
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BYU-Idaho tuition increase for fall
Brigham Young University-Idaho officials have approved a 2.88 percent, or $50, tuition increase for the 2012-13 school year, which will take effect this fall.
BYU-Idaho groups to perform March 10 at Tabernacle
Brigham Young University-Idaho choirs and orchestra will perform a new sacred work at the Salt Lake Tabernacle on Temple Square on March 10.
Financial assistance available to Sterling Scholars
Most colleges and universities in Utah and Brigham Young University-Idaho in Rexburg, Idaho, offer financial assistance to top students in the Deseret News KSL Broadcast Group Sterling Scholar Awards program
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Religion writing seeing noticeable improvement
The traditional complaint about news coverage of religion was — and continues to be — that news reporters are secular, and more irreligious in their outlook. But in recent years, religion writing has improved substantially in the news media.
BYU-Hawaii Women's Conference in June
Sister Julie B. Beck, Relief Society general president, Sister Ardeth G. Kapp, former Young Women general president, and Margaret S. Wheelwright, Brigham Young University-Hawaii's first lady, will be the keynote speakers at the 2012 Women's Conference at the BYU-Hawaii campus June 15-16.
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A subtle change in Mormon media coverage
Try finding any mention of Gadianton or other figures in the Book of Mormon, and you will be looking a long time. Still, some new writing suggests a new engagement with the Book of Mormon. This is a welcome development in media.
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BYU-Idaho winter semester enrollment up
Nearly 15,000 students are enrolled at Brigham Young University-Idaho for winter semester, a 5.9 percent increase over last winter and the largest student body to date, according to a news release from the university.
The New Yorker remembers the Homefront commercials
The great cultural magazine The New Yorker remembers favorably the old Homefront commercials -- and makes thoughtful points about the old public service announcements.
Tiny fish fossil is a rare find for instructor at BYU-Idaho
A tiny fish fossil found by a Brigham Young University-Idaho biology instructor a decade ago has been recognized as a previously unknown fish species.
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