{"id":944,"date":"2007-05-30T15:13:00","date_gmt":"2007-05-30T15:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godspolitics\/2007\/05\/duane-shank-your-comments-on-daily.html"},"modified":"2007-05-30T15:13:00","modified_gmt":"2007-05-30T15:13:00","slug":"duane-shank-your-comments-on-daily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godspolitics\/2007\/05\/duane-shank-your-comments-on-daily.html","title":{"rendered":"Duane Shank: Your Comments on the Daily Digest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thanks to everyone who posted a comment about the Daily Digest<\/a>. I\u2019ve read them all. I\u2019m pleased that so many of you find the compilation useful. And thanks also for the helpful suggestions.<\/p>\n

On the news sources I use. Several of you suggested The Wall Street Journal<\/em>. I personally read the Journal<\/em> and find it very useful. The problem with using it for this kind of compilation is that the online material is available to subscribers only, so linking to stories isn\u2019t possible. A number of others suggested I read a McClatchy paper for a more \u201ccenter of the nation\u201d view. That\u2019s a good idea – I have seen some good stories from their reporters. I\u2019ll begin with the Kansas City Star <\/em>– today\u2019s Digest has several McClatchy stories from the Star<\/em>. Others suggested more \u201csmall town newspapers,\u201d although also noting that most of their stories come from wire services and their own coverage is mostly local news. That\u2019s true, and there is also the matter of time \u2013 putting the digest together isn\u2019t my only job. But I will try to watch out for more local stories from various parts of the country.<\/p>\n

A large number of suggestions were related to including more news from international sources. Several of you noted Canada \u2013 a good suggestion. I\u2019ll begin skimming the Globe & Mail<\/em> and Toronto Star<\/em> for a Canadian perspective. Other good suggestions were to include stories from Africa, Latin America, and Asia that go beyond violence and crisis. And more from \u201cold Europe,\u201d perhaps France’s Le Monde<\/em>. Within the time available, I will try to do that.<\/p>\n

There were suggestions for non-newspaper sources. Several of you mentioned blogs. I read a number of blogs, but I tend to think of them as more opinion than news. But if I find interesting things, I\u2019ll throw some in the mix every now and then. Same with magazines. I don\u2019t read many magazines, but again, I will look for useful pieces. And then there is the suggestion of FOX News. My personal bias is in favor of the print media rather than television. I rarely watch television news, so I haven\u2019t included those stories here. And it\u2019s not just FOX – I also don\u2019t look at MSNBC, CNN, or the major networks. I\u2019ll think about it.<\/p>\n

On topics. Some of you would like more on education, health care, human rights, and indigenous people. And a suggestion that there is an over-emphasis on Iraq and Iran and that there should be more stories on poverty, housing, living wage, etc. I agree, but remember, I\u2019m not creating the news, just compiling what is in the news. And these days that is a lot of Iraq and Iran. But I\u2019ll try to be more alert to good pieces on poverty-related issues.<\/p>\n

Thanks again for the responses. Feel free to post a comment any day to the Daily Digest \u2013 I always look. And pray for our world as you read the news. I often recall the saying of Karl Barth<\/a>, who \u201cadvised young theologians \u2018to take your Bible and take your newspaper, and read both. But interpret newspapers from your Bible.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Duane Shank<\/strong> is the issues and policy adviser for Sojourners\/Call to Renewal – in addition to being our resident news junkie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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