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Apologia pro bloga sua, Religion in the News, Winter 2008
The Greenberg Center debuts a new blog on religion and the 2008 election at www.spiritual-politics.org.

The Democrats Get Religion, Religion in the News, Summer/Fall 2007, by Mark Silk
But, journalists ask, are the candidates religious enough?

Beating Up on the New Atheists, Religion in the News, Winter 2007, by Bernard Lightman.
Journalists are skeptical of the atheist offensive.

Faith and Values Down the Tube, Religion in the News, Winter 2007, by Mark Silk
What happened to the Great Religion Beat Renaissance of the 1990s?

Raising Hell in Alabama, Religion in the News, Summer 2006, by David Stricoff.
Struggling to make sense of the Alabama church burnings.

To Print or Not to Print? Religion in the News, Summer 2006, Andrew Walsh.
American journalism pulls its punch in the Muhammad cartoon controversy .

Blogging on the Religion Beat, Religion in the News, Winter 2006, by Mark Silk.
Editor's column: are religion blogs getting it right?.

Sin and Redemption in Atlanta, Religion in the News, Spring 2005, by Rebecca Fowler.
The media gets it, and Ashley Smith is elevated as a "wounded healer."

Getting Right with the Pope, Religion in the News Spring 2005 by James T. Fisher.
 new, more  conservative, American Catholic commentariat rises to the top.

Cut-Rate Religion Coverage, Religion in the News, Winter 2005, by Andrew Walsh.
The latest circulation panacea disses the religion beat.

The Televangelical Scandal That Wasn't, Religion in the News, Winter 2005, by Rebecca Fowler.
Few join the Los Angeles Times' crusade against the head of Trinity Broadcasting.

"Journalistically Ignorant," Religion in the News, Spring 2004, by Mark Silk.
Editor's column.

"What Would Jesus Drive?," Religion in the News, Spring 2003, by Christine McMorris, editorial associate.
A minister's clever question reshapes public debate about SUVs.

"9/11 On Our Mind",  Religion in the News, Fall 2002, [The victims of 9/11 take their place in America's cult of the dead], by Gary Laderman, Emory University.

"Why Religion in the News?", Religion in the News, Summer 1998, [the news media and religion], by Mark Silk, editor

"On the Beat: Covering Religion in Hard Times", Religion in the News, Fall 2001, [the religion beat escapes deep cuts in the first round of corporate contraction], by Andrew Walsh, managing editor

"From the Editor: Taking Stock", Religion in the News, Fall 2000,[discusses findings of a survey of recipients of Religion in the News], by Mark Silk, editor

"Feeble Opinions on the House Chaplaincy", Religion in the News, Summer 2000, [review of how editorial writers handled controversy over appointment of chaplain to the U.S. House of Representatives], by Michael McGough, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

"Religion on the Small Screen", Religion in the News, Spring 1999, [religion coverage in broadcast news media, PBS], by Andrew Walsh, managing editor

"Covering the Bible II: A Freethinker’s Testimony", Religion in the News, Spring 1999, [an agnostic editor reflects on covering religion], by James A. Haught, Charleston Gazette-Mail, West Virginia

"Covering the Bible Belt III: Liaisons Religieuses", Religion in the News, Spring 1999, [a university department of religious studies teams up with the Raleigh News and Observer], by Tom Tweed, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Yonat Shimron, Raleigh News and Observer

"The Oklahoman’s Bible Belt", Religion in the News, Fall 1998, [newspaper experiments with on-line Bible study], by Joshua Bernard Coffin, editorial assistant

"Where Preachers Fear to Tread", Religion in the News, Summer 1998, [media moralizing on presidential sex scandal], by Mark Silk, editor