Today, rather than report on religion-in-public life, I want to reflect on the enterprise of covering religion in the media. The impulse for this was the March 26 article which originated in Deseret News and made its way to the internet. Author Chandra Johnson headlined her summary: “Why Faith-focused Media Outlets and Coverage Matter More Than Ever.”
What inspired me to write this column was Johnson’s view of our contemporary scene in which cutbacks in the print-media world are making news. She quoted Jerome Socolovsky in the vital Religion News Service, as he rued the fact that The Boston Globe and The Huffington Post cut back by disconnecting from particular news agencies or by deciding not to retain a full-time religious reporter. - See more at: https://divinity.uchicago.edu/sightings/religion-coverage#sthash.kSaTZSVZ.dpuf
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