Religion Renaissance: Web Edition?

Published on June 11, 2010

Stephanie Butnick: With the arrival of CNN's Belief Blog, Angie Chuang at Poynter asks, "Is the Belief Blog, and other online initiatives like The Washington Post's recently launched "On Faith," a sign of a Web-based religion journalism renaissance?" The answer? It's complicated. Readers have always been interested in religion news, but decreased resources and fewer religion beats pose a challenge for quality religion reporting, especially on the Web. Chuang writes, "Though dwindling resources are a very real obstacle, the growing amount of content online is not a replacement for truly knowledgeable beat reporters." We're keeping our fingers crossed that the Belief Blog will help to fill the gap. Check out our Links page for more Web sites that offer religion coverage and commentary.

Stephanie Butnick: With the arrival of CNN’s Belief Blog, Angie Chuang at Poynter asks, “Is the Belief Blog, and other online initiatives like The Washington Post’s recently launched “On Faith,” a sign of a Web-based religion journalism renaissance?” The answer? It’s complicated. Readers have always been interested in religion news, but decreased resources and fewer religion beats pose a challenge for quality religion reporting, especially on the Web. Chuang writes, “Though dwindling resources are a very real obstacle, the growing amount of content online is not a replacement for truly knowledgeable beat reporters.” We’re keeping our fingers crossed that the Belief Blog will help to fill the gap. Check out our Links page for more Web sites that offer religion coverage and commentary.

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