| Tips for local coverage
Resources
Web
sites:
• Center
on Religion & the Professions
• God,
Media & More, a blog about religion
and media
• Center
on Religion & the Professions: Journalism,
ideas, syllabi, journals
• Center
on Religion & the Professions: Tools
and Training for Journalists, links
• Religion
Newswriters Association, trade association
for religion reporters working in the secular
press
• Reporting
on Religion: A Primer on Journalism's Best
Beat, a guide to the basics of reporting
on religion
• Religion
Stylebook, definitions, preferred usage,
titles
• ReligionLink,
ideas and experts on topical issues
• RNA
online resource directory, hundreds
of sites related to religion and other topics
Newsletters:
• Christianity
Today CT Direct
• Pew
Forum on Religion and Public Life
• Sightings
• Crosswalk.com
Demographics:
• Faith
Communities Today, Hartford Seminary,
calls itself the largest survey of congregations
conducted in the U.S.
• Adherents.com,
a growing collection of over 41,000 adherent
statistics and religious geography citations
• Glenmary
Research Institute, religious congregations
and membership data for the U.S.
• American
Religious Identification Survey, national
surveys of religious identification
• American
Religious Data Archive, data on American
religion, profiles, maps
Local
demographics:
• Religious
demographics of Boone county, ARDA
• Boone
County's ranking for number of religious
adherents in Missouri, ARDA
Local
Life:
• Daily
Tribune Spiritual Life calendar
• Daily
Tribune Worship Guide
• MyMissourian,
Spiritual Life
• The
Missourian Worship Guide
• ReligiousLife@MU,
list of religious organizations on campus
Radio
Stations:
• KJAB
88.3 FM, Mexico, Mo.
• KBKC
90.1 FM, Moberly, Mo.
• KHGN
90.7 FM, Kirksville, Mo.
• KMFC
92.1 FM, Centralia, Mo.
• KJTR
101.7 FM, Rolla, Mo.
Podcasts:
• The
Crossing Church: Sermons, teaching and
music (See also past
sermons up to 2005)
• Karis
Community Church: Recent and archived
sermons
• Calvary
Episcopal Church: "Radio Calvary,"
ongoing podcast series, overview of worship
services
• The
Office of Creative Ministries, Missouri
Conference, United Methodist Church in Columbia:
Audio and video, weekly "MissionCast"
• Missouri
United Methodist Church: Sermons
• Fairview
Road Church of Christ: Sermons. Audio
files are also available.
• Woodcrest
Chapel: Audio files of sermons and messages
• Islamic
Center of Central Missouri: Audio files
of lectures
Additional
sites:
• Pew
Forum on Religion & Public Life,
distributes information, surveys and expert
opinions about religion and public affairs
• Guidestar,
a searchable database of nonprofit organizations
• Religious
Etiquette Guides, tips for addressing
religious leaders, behavior in houses of
worship and homes (Another good resource
is the book, "How to be a Perfect Stranger,"
Jewish Lights Publishing)
• Harvard
Pluralism Project, aimed at helping
Americans engage with religious diversity
• Barna
Research Group, conducts research and
surveys on Christianity in America
• Beliefnet.com,
religion and spirituality web site
• Religion
News Service calendar of religious events
• Interfaithcalendar.org,
calendar of religious holidays
• Religious
Movements Project, profiles, links and
information
• The
Bible Gateway, passage lookup and word
search in various versions of the Bible
• ReligiousTolerance.org,
promotes religious diversity, glossary,
definitions, hot topics
• Focus
on the Family, Christian ministry and
broadcasting company
• The
Catholic Encyclopedia, compendium of
Catholic interests, actions and doctrine
• Judaism
101 encyclopedia of Jewish beliefs,
practices, holidays
• Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
(Mormon), official site of the church
• About
Hinduism
• Council
on American-Islamic Relations
• Internet
Sacred Text Archive, texts of world
religions and more
• First
Amendment Center, research, news and
analysis of First Amendment issues
• Social
Science Research Council, Religious
Engagements of American Undergraduates
• Spirituality
in Higher Education, national studies
of college students' search for meaning
and purpose
Prepared for presentation
by Amy White of the Center on Religion &
the Professions at the Missouri School of
Journalism, Nov. 5, 2007. White was a newspaper
reporter for 12 years, four covering the
religion beat.
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