Religion News Service
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| Company type | News agency |
|---|---|
| Industry | Media |
| Founded | 1934 |
| Founders | Louis Minsky |
| Parent | Religion News Foundation |
| Website | https://rns.org |
Religion News Service,branded asRNS,is anews agencyfounded in 1934. It coversreligion,ethics,spiritualityandmoral issues,and publishes news, information, and commentaries on faiths and religious movements to newspapers, magazines, broadcast organizations and religious publications.
History
[edit]RNS was founded in 1934 by journalistLouis Minskyas an affiliate of theNational Conference of Christians and Jews.Everett R. Clinchy was the managing editor and co-founder.[1][2]
RNS was acquired by theUnited Methodist Reporterin 1983, byNewhouse News Servicein 1994, then by the Religion Newswriters Foundation in 2011.[3]
In April 2015, theCatholic News Agencypublished an article disclosing that RNS had received a grant of $120,000 from theArcus Foundationwith the stated intent “to recruit and equip LGBT supportive leaders and advocates to counter rejection and antagonism within traditionally conservative Christian churches”, also questioning if the grant had biased RNS's coverage of traditional religion.[4]In response, RNS's then editor-in-chief Kevin Eckstrom said that the grant language is “Arcus’ description of their funding, not ours” and denied that the grant had any influence over editorial decisions at RNS.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Dinnerstein, Leonard; Ross, Robert W. (June 1981). "So It Was True: The American Protestant Press and the Nazi Persecution of the Jews".The American Historical Review.86(3): 94.doi:10.2307/1860528.ISSN0002-8762.JSTOR1860528.
- ^Blanchard, Margaret A. (2013).History of the Mass Media in the United States: an Encyclopedia.Taylor and Francis. p. 363.ISBN978-1-135-91742-5.OCLC866858198.
- ^"About".Religion News Service.Archivedfrom the original on July 26, 2022.RetrievedJanuary 15,2022.
- ^Jones, Kevin (April 1, 2015)."An Arcus news service? RNS denies LGBT money influences religion coverage".Catholic News Agency.Archivedfrom the original on April 23, 2015.RetrievedApril 19,2015.
- ^O'Loughlin, Michael (April 8, 2015)."Religion News Service defends grant from gay-rights group".Crux.Archivedfrom the original on April 16, 2015.RetrievedApril 19,2015.
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