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'''Religion News Service''' ('''RNS''') is a [[news agency]] covering [[religion]], [[ethics]], [[spirituality]] and [[Morality|moral issues]]. It publishes news, information, and commentaries on faiths and religious movements to newspapers, magazines, broadcast organizations and religious publications. It was founded in 1934.
'''Religion News Service''' ('''RNS''') is a [[news agency]] covering [[religion]], [[ethics]], [[spirituality]] and [[morality|moral issues]]. RNS employs a network of correspondents providing news and information on all faiths and religious movements to newspapers, magazines, broadcast organizations and religious publications. It also features commentary by [[Richard Mouw]], [[Thomas J. Reese]], [[Jana Riess]], [[Mark Silk]] and other columnists,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://religionnews.com/columns/|title=Columns |website=Religion News Service |access-date=2018-05-10}}</ref> and offers a press release distribution service.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://religionnews.com/submit-a-press-release/|title=Submit a Press Release - Religion News ServiceReligion News Service|website=religionnews.com|access-date=2018-05-10}}</ref> RNS wire reports are distributed to secular and faith-based news outlets alike, including ''[[The Washington Post]]'',<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2018/04/18/theres-a-red-evangelicalism-and-a-blue-evangelicalism-faith-leaders-gather-to-discuss-evangelical-future/|title=There’s a ‘red evangelicalism and a blue evangelicalism’: Faith leaders gather to discuss their common future|last=Service|first=Emily McFarlan Miller {{!}} Religion News|date=2018-04-18|work=Washington Post|access-date=2018-04-22|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> ''[[USA Today]]'',<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/04/16/waco-25-year-anniversary-david-koresh/521276002/|title=Cult leader? ‘Sinful Messiah’? 25 years after Waco, interest in David Koresh still strong|last=Ross, Jr.|first=Bobby|date=April 16, 2018|work=[[USA TODAY]]|access-date=2018-04-22}}</ref> ''[[Christian Century]]''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.christiancentury.org/article/people/megachurch-founder-bill-hybels-denies-reports-sexual-misconduct|title=Megachurch founder Bill Hybels denies reports of sexual misconduct|work=The Christian Century|access-date=2018-04-22}}</ref> and ''[[Sojourners]].''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://sojo.net/articles/hey-alexa-who-jesus|title=‘Hey Alexa: Who Is Jesus?’|last=Miller|first=Emily McFarlan|date=2018-04-17|work=Sojourners|access-date=2018-04-22}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
Religion News Service was founded in 1934 by [[journalist]] Louis Minsky as an independent, nonprofit affiliate of [[The National Conference for Community and Justice|National Conference of Christians and Jews]]. It is a secular news agency that does not endorse or promote any particular creed, faith or tradition. The ''United Methodist Reporter'' bought RNS in 1983, and in 1994, Newhouse News Service, a major publisher of daily newspapers and magazines, purchased it and changed its name to Religion News Service.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.religionnews.com/about/history/|title=Religion News Service - History|work=Religion News Service|access-date=19 April 2015}}</ref> In 2011, RNS was sold to the Religion Newswriters Foundation, a nonprofit affiliate of the [[Religion Newswriters Association]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archives.religionnews.com/press-releases/religion-news-service-enters-nonprofit-partnership-with-religion-newswriter/|title=Religion News Service Enters Nonprofit Partnership with Religion Newswriters Foundation|work=RNS press release, 19 May 2011|access-date=19 April 2015}}</ref>


RNS was founded in 1934 by journalist [[Louis Minsky]] as an affiliate of the [[National Conference of Christians and Jews]]. Everett R. Clinchy was the managing editor and co-founder.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Dinnerstein |first1=Leonard |last2=Ross |first2=Robert W. |date=June 1981 |title=So It Was True: The American Protestant Press and the Nazi Persecution of the Jews |journal=The American Historical Review |volume=86 |issue=3 |page=94 |doi=10.2307/1860528 |jstor=1860528 |issn=0002-8762}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Blanchard |first=Margaret A. |title=History of the Mass Media in the United States : an Encyclopedia. |date=2013 |publisher=Taylor and Francis |isbn=978-1-135-91742-5 |page=363 |oclc=866858198}}</ref>
RNS is owned by Religion News LLC, a nonprofit, limited-liability corporation led by CEO and publisher Thomas Gallagher,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/ncr-contributor-named-ceopublisher-religion-news-service|title=NCR contributor named CEO/Publisher of Religion News Service|date=2016-11-02|work=National Catholic Reporter|access-date=2018-04-22|language=en}}</ref> and based at the [[Missouri School of Journalism|University of Missouri School of Journalism]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://munews.missouri.edu/news-releases/2012/0516-national-network-of-religion-sites-fills-gap-for-religion-news/|title=MU News Bureau {{!}} MU News Bureau|website=munews.missouri.edu|access-date=2018-04-22}}</ref> RNS is governed by a Board of Managers, including [[Jerry Pattengale]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://religionnews.com/about/board/|title=RNS Board of Managers - Religion News ServiceReligion News Service|website=religionnews.com|access-date=2018-04-22}}</ref> in partnership with Religion News Foundation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://religion.news|title=Religion News Foundation - Journalists covering religion|website=Religion News Foundation|access-date=2018-04-22}}</ref>


RNS was acquired by the [[United Methodist Reporter]] in 1983, by [[Newhouse News Service]] in 1994, then by the Religion Newswriters Foundation in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://religionnews.com/about-2/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726190933/https://religionnews.com/about-2/ |archive-date=July 26, 2022 |access-date=2022-01-15 |website=Religion News Service |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Controversy==

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In April 2015, the [[Catholic News Agency]] (CNA) published an article disclosing that RNS had received a grant of $120,000 from the [[Arcus Foundation]], an [[LGBT]]-rights advocacy organization, with the stated intent “to recruit and equip LGBT supportive leaders and advocates to counter rejection and antagonism within traditionally conservative Christian churches.”<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/an-arcus-news-service-rns-denies-lgbt-money-influences-religion-coverage-29061/ | title=An Arcus news service? RNS denies LGBT money influences religion coverage | work=Catholic News Agency | date=1 April 2015 | access-date=19 April 2015 | author=Jones, Kevin}}</ref> The CNA story questioned whether the grant had biased RNS's coverage of traditional religion, specifically citing an RNS article on [[Cardinal Raymond Burke]]. In response to the CNA report, RNS's then editor-in-chief Kevin Eckstrom denied that the Arcus grant had any influence over editorial decisions at RNS and noted that the grant language is “Arcus’ description of their funding, not ours.”<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cruxnow.com/life/2015/04/08/religion-news-service-defends-grant-from-gay-rights-group/| title=Religion News Service defends grant from gay-rights group | work=Crux | date=8 April 2015 | access-date=19 April 2015 | author=O'Loughlin, Michael}}</ref> The grant proposal to the Arcus Foundation had stressed only the need to “increase and improve domestic and international coverage of how religion affects a diverse range of LGBT communities.”
In April 2015, the [[Catholic News Agency]] published an article disclosing that RNS had received a grant of $120,000 from the [[Arcus Foundation]] with 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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones, Kevin |date=April 1, 2015 |title=An Arcus news service? RNS denies LGBT money influences religion coverage |url=http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/an-arcus-news-service-rns-denies-lgbt-money-influences-religion-coverage-29061/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150423151426/http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/an-arcus-news-service-rns-denies-lgbt-money-influences-religion-coverage-29061/ |archive-date=April 23, 2015 |access-date=April 19, 2015 |website=Catholic News Agency}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Loughlin, Michael |date=April 8, 2015 |title=Religion News Service defends grant from gay-rights group |url=http://www.cruxnow.com/life/2015/04/08/religion-news-service-defends-grant-from-gay-rights-group/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416050909/http://www.cruxnow.com/life/2015/04/08/religion-news-service-defends-grant-from-gay-rights-group/ |archive-date=April 16, 2015 |access-date=April 19, 2015 |website=Crux}}</ref>

== See also ==
*[[LGBT and Christianity]]


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Religion News Service
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Religion News Service (RNS) is a news agency covering religion, ethics, spirituality and moral issues. It publishes news, information, and commentaries on faiths and religious movements to newspapers, magazines, broadcast organizations and religious publications. It was founded in 1934.

History

RNS was founded in 1934 by journalist Louis Minsky as an affiliate of the National Conference of Christians and Jews. Everett R. Clinchy was the managing editor and co-founder.[1][2]

RNS was acquired by the United Methodist Reporter in 1983, by Newhouse News Service in 1994, then by the Religion Newswriters Foundation in 2011.[3]

In April 2015, the Catholic News Agency published an article disclosing that RNS had received a grant of $120,000 from the Arcus Foundation with 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

References

  1. ^ 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. ISSN 0002-8762. JSTOR 1860528.
  2. ^ Blanchard, Margaret A. (2013). History of the Mass Media in the United States : an Encyclopedia. Taylor and Francis. p. 363. ISBN 978-1-135-91742-5. OCLC 866858198.
  3. ^ "About". Religion News Service. Archived from the original on July 26, 2022. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
  4. ^ Jones, Kevin (April 1, 2015). "An Arcus news service? RNS denies LGBT money influences religion coverage". Catholic News Agency. Archived from the original on April 23, 2015. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  5. ^ O'Loughlin, Michael (April 8, 2015). "Religion News Service defends grant from gay-rights group". Crux. Archived from the original on April 16, 2015. Retrieved April 19, 2015.

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