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Reporting on Religion

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Religion Newswriters presents a guide to the basics of reporting on religion, including important resources and advice about potential pitfalls. Faith and ethics intersect with every topic journalists cover these days. This guide will help veteran journalists, rookies, radio and television reporters and online media providers add insight, balance and context to their stories.

THE BASICS
  • What is religion news?
• The case for covering religion
• The case for religion specialists
• Trends in religion news
• What about religion on other beats?
• Do you need to be religious to report on religion?
• Who makes a great religion journalist?

BEST PRACTICES
  • Finding the right tools
• Get oriented
• Get out
• Preaching, teaching & proselytizing
• Getting titles right
• Redefine the religion beat
• Rely on people power
• Report news and nuance
• Remain calm amid conflict
• Embrace diversity
• Judge not, lest ye be judged
• It's a miracle!
• Sharpen your pencils
• Columns and the brave new world of blogging

RESOURCES
  • Numbers
• Experts
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• Books and yearbooks

A ROUNDUP OF RELIGIONS
The world’s largest belief systems
The big three
  • Christianity
  • Roman Catholics
• Evangelicals
• Mainline Protestants
• Pentecostals
• Orthodox
• African-American
• Hispanic
• Asian
• Judaism
• Islam
Beyond the big three
  • Hinduism
• Buddhism
• Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Sikhism
• New Religious Movements
• Visiting places of worship

RELIGION OUTSIDE THE BOX
  • Spirituality
• Ethics and values
• Interfaith efforts
• Religion in the public square

ISSUES FOR REPORTERS
AND EDITORS
  • Revealing personal beliefs
• Reporting on people you disagree with
• Conflicts of interest
• Ethics


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