TV program explores present, future of Catholic media

[MoBeck]

ncrcafe.org/node/2033

TV program explores present, future of Catholic media

By JOHN L. ALLEN JR.

Several leading lights among Catholic communicators, including the Vatican spokesperson and both the current and former heads of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, discuss the role and the future of Catholic media in a new program produced by Salt and Light TV, the national Catholic television network of Canada.

The program may be found on-line here: Salt and Light FOCUS
http://www.saltandlighttv.org/prog_slprog_focus080730_video.html

I make a brief cameo in the segment, but the more interesting contributions come from others. Ecclesiastical heavyweights include Cardinal John Foley, former head of the Council for Social Communications, and Foley’s successor, Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli. Jesuit Fr. Federico Lombardi, the Vatican spokesperson, is also featured.

Veteran Catholic journalists who appear include John Thavis, Rome bureau chief for the Catholic News Service, and Jesús Colina, founder of the Zenit news agency. The main voice for the segment belongs to Joseph Sinasac, publisher of the Catholic Register in Canada.

 

[Dale_M]

the article:

In an era in which Catholic news organizations face competition from multiple new media outlets, and thus can be consumed by the pressure to keep pace, Lombardi said the fundamental problem is not technology but rather having something compelling to say.

Wow. My first reaction to this comment was: “Cast the significance of whatever they are covering in terms of Catholic teaching and the Catholic faithful.” But maybe that is harder than it sounds. I know we struggle with stating that significance here in the “In the News” forums.

If anyone bothers to watch the program watcher), either on-line or on television, please summarize some of the points or issues which are raised.