Links to the News

Poynter Online's Links to the News column compiles Web resources on current and previous news topics. This page links to resources about religion.  

• Poynter Online
  
  Poynter Podcast: Covering the Caricature Controversy
  Poynter Faculty, Feb. 6, 2006
  Muhammad Caricatures Should be Published
  Jerry Ceppos, Feb. 6, 2006
  Religion in (or Out of) the News
  Terry Mattingly, Jan. 22, 2006
  Fearing the Faithful
  O. Ricardo Pimentel, Dec. 8, 2005
  Pope Resources
  David Shedden, April 22, 2005
  Help for the Religion Beat: A Novice who Blossomed
  Diane Connolly, Jan. 11, 2005
  Help Wanted on Religion Beat: Don't Limit the Talent Pool
  Steve Buttry, Jan. 11, 2005
  Help Wanted on the Religion Beat
  Julia Duin, Jan. 5, 2005
  Decoding "Moral Values"
  Aly Colon, Nov. 12, 2004
  Understanding Evangelicals:
  Tips from the Son of a Preacher Man (and Woman)
  Steve Buttry, Nov, 10, 2004
  Confessions of an Alienated Journalist
  Roy Peter Clark, Nov. 4, 2004
  Uncovering an Untold Story in Wartime
  Kelly McBride, May 4, 2004
  Betting on Jesus
  Ellen E. Heltzel and Margo Hammond, April 7, 2004
  "The Passion" as a Peg: Good Stories Lie Beneath
  Kelly McBride, February 6, 2004
  The Faith Connection
  Diane Connolly, May 6, 2003
  Covering Muslims in America
  Joyce Davis, May 6, 2003
  Religion Coverage: Past as Prologue?
  Terry Mattingly, May 6, 2003
  Confessions (and Counsel) of a Religion Writer
  Deborah Caldwell, May 6, 2003
  Rediscovering Religion
  The Poynter Report, Winter 2003
  Covering Faith Holistically
  Aly Colon, Feb. 25, 2003
  Covering Communities of Faith
  Robin Sloan, Dec. 10. 2002
  Why Faith Matters
  Aly Colón, Sept. 17. 2002
  God, Ethics, and Journalism
  N.Don Wycliff, Dec. 28, 2001
  Yes, Virginia, There Is a Higher Power
  Roy Peter Clark, Dec. 21. 2001
  

• Journalism Resources
  
  ReligionLink Reference Library (RNA)
  http://www.religionwriters.com/public/pages/library.shtml
  Bridging the Gap: Religion and the News Media
  By John Dart and Dr. Jimmy R. Allen, Freedom Forum, 2000
  http://www.freedomforum.org/
  publications/first/bridgingthegap/Bridgingthegap.pdf
  FACS Journalism, Religion and Public Life Program
  http://www.facsnet.org/
  tools/sci_tech/biotek/phillyindex.php3
  Religion Source
  http://www.religionsource.org/Contents/JournalistHome.aspx
  Religious Liberty Resources (First Amendment Center)
  http://www.fac.org/rel_liberty/index.aspx
  Abuse Tracker (NCR)
  http://www.ncrnews.org/abuse/
  The Revealer Web log
  http://www.therevealer.org/
  Get Religion Web log
  http://www.getreligion.org 
  
  
• Organizations
  
  Religion Newswriters Association
  http://www.religionwriters.com/
  American Jewish Press Association
  http://ajpa.org/
  Evangelical Press Assocation
  http://www.gospelcom.net/epa/
  Religion Communicators Council
  http://www.religioncommunicators.org/
  Associated Church Press
  http://www.theacp.org/
  

• Media Coverage
  
  The Washington Post
  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/metro/religion/
  The Detroit News
  http://www.detnews.com/religion/
  Los Angeles Times
  http://www.latimes.com/features/religion/
  Cleveland.com
  http://www.cleveland.com/religion/
  Houston Chronicle
  http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/religion/
  Christian Science Monitor
  http://www.csmonitor.com/
  EWTN News (Catholic World News)
  http://www.ewtn.com/news/
  Christian Broadcasting Network
  http://www.cbn.org/
  Religion & Ethics Newsweekly (PBS)
  http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/
  

• Additional  Resources 
  
  Pluralism Project (Harvard)
  http://www.pluralism.org/
  Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life
  http://pewforum.org/
  Center for Religion, the Professions, and the Public
  http://rpp.missouri.edu/
  Resource Center for Media, Religion and Culture
  http://www.colorado.edu/Journalism/mcm/mrc/
  Beliefnet
  http://www.beliefnet.com/
  Religious Congregations & Membership: 2000
  http://www.glenmary.org/grc/RCMS_2000/release.htm
  Leonard E. Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life
  http://www.trincoll.edu/depts/csrpl/
  Religious Broadcasting Page (Jeffrey K. Hadden, 2000)
  http://religiousbroadcasting.lib.virginia.edu/home.html
  Pew Research Center for the People and the Press
  http://people-press.org/reports/index.php3?TopicID=3
  American Religion Data Archive
  http://www.thearda.com/