Losing My Religion
“—MARK TWAIN, A TRAMP ABROAD I WAS NOW a godless journalist on the religion beat. The problem that loomed before me wasn’t lack of objectivity—I knew I could still produce fair and balanced stories—but burnout. Like a homicide detective, I had seen too much. A cop friend of mine says his job is hard because he is always dealing with the worst people or people at their worst. That was me on the religion beat. And because I had developed a reputation for a certain kind of story, I kept getting gr...eat tips about unsavory people within religion. Some of the best stories never made print: the semi-famous pastor under investigation for hiring a hit man to kill his former gay lover, or the nationally known conservative preacher who took a wide variety of illegal drugs deep into each night and was a serial adulterer. Sometimes prosecutors never filed charges. Other times I couldn’t get additional sources to back up the story.
My body of work nevertheless continued to improve, earning me national awards each year.MoreLess
My body of work nevertheless continued to improve, earning me national awards each year.MoreLess
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