The Religion News Association (RNA) is a nonprofit professional association in the United States that seeks to promote better reporting of religion in the news media and to provide support and support to journalists that include religion. The company was founded in 1949 and in 2007 had 570 members and customers. Membership in the RNA is open to journalists who regularly report on religion in print and secular broadcasting. Since 2006, RNA has been associated with the Missouri School of Journalism at the University of Missouri. In 2016, RNA members approved a proposal to change the name of the "New Religion Writers Association" to its current name.
RNA provides scholarships for full-time journalists who wish to take religious courses, award awards and scholarships to college journalists, sponsor seminars and conferences and publish "primers" for religious journalists and online style guides, as well as other resources for journalists. RNA is funded by members' dues, donations, and support of the Religious News Foundation.
In 1999, RNA executive executive director Debra Mason said in an interview that the topic of religion is complex and requires extensive research, something not always appreciated by newspaper editors. In 2005, Steve Buttry's article on Poynter Online said, "The Religion Newswriters Association did a wonderful job of helping reporters learn the knock." RNA is quoted by Kenneth GC Newport and Crawford Gribben in their 2006 book Expecting the End: Millenialism in the Social and Historical Context to help journalists relate to religious scholars believed in religion, leading to a better public understanding of religion. problem.
Since the 1970s, RNA has published an annual list of ten religious related stories from the previous year. In 1999, the RNA was criticized by the Islamic organization Dana Hikmat to list the stories on a special "Top 10 Stories of the Millennium" list that provided inaccurate information about the history of Islam in India. That same year, RNA also published a list of the top ten religious news stories of the 20th century, with the Holocaust being the most important event.
In 2001, RNA was criticized by conservative commentator David Kupelain for his criticism of the expression "Islamic terrorists" and other expressions, which the RNA says: "a similar phrase that links the whole religion with the actions of several people." In 2006, representatives of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Church of Scientology spoke to the annual RNA conference and discussed issues concerning their respective religions.
Video Religion Newswriters Association
References
Maps Religion Newswriters Association
External links
- RNA membership site
- "Reporting on Religion: A Primer on the Best Beat of Journalism"
- Religious Stylebook
- ReligionLink, a free service sponsored by RNA that publishes religious and source story ideas for reporters every week.
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