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
RNS was acquired by the
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
- LGBT and Christianity
References
- JSTOR 1860528.
- OCLC 866858198.
- ^ "About". Religion News Service. Archived from the original on July 26, 2022. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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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