On April 12, the Institute for Religion, Culture, and Public Life at Columbia University will host a conversation and book…
Nicholas Kristof to discuss “covering conflict”
journalism
Templeton and journalistic integrity
The Templeton-Cambridge Journalism Fellowships have been a source of fierce controversy among science writers, particularly since John Horgan's ambivalent 2006…
The new landscape of the religion blogosphere
It's no longer news that digital media are changing how knowledge is produced and disseminated, and how people relate to…
Religion at The Huffington Post
Launching the new Religion section at The Huffington Post, to be edited by Paul Raushenbush, Arianna Huffington sets the tone…
Awe and wonder
At Trans/Missions, Diane Winston comments on an unusual and interesting new study, which finds that the most popular New York…
The Vatican on The Simpsons
In The Christian Science Monitor, Nick Squires asks why L'Osservatore Romano, the Vatican's official newspaper, has made a distinct turn…
“Mr. Potato-head spirituality”
At Trans/Missions, Diane Winston bemoans the latest "display of know-nothingism" with respect to religion and spirituality in an American newspaper.
Religion journalism after Steinfels
Citing two recent examples of unusually attentive and nuanced reporting on religion, Nick Street ponders the future of the field…
The best-of bandwagon
'Tis the season for best-of-the-year lists, and the Religion Newswriters Association has gotten in on the action with their list of…
The new gurus
In last week’s New York Times Sunday Styles section, Allen Salkin reported on the emergence of a “new wave” of…