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  • 6 Jun 2010
    Podcast and online discussion on news and social media

    There will be a 'Sunday Salon' web conversation this evening (6 June) at 8pm, looking at the development of media and political blogs - linking, promotion, how people read them and the interaction of blogs and Twitter.

  • 3 Jun 2010
    Quakers to break tradition and allow journalists at annual meeting

    Britain's Quakers have for the first time agreed to allow non-Quaker journalists to report on their Yearly Meeting, at which key decisions are made about the movement's future.

  • 11 May 2010
    ENI wins major award as top religion news agency

    Ecumenical News International has won an Award of Excellence as the "best in class" religion news service from the Associated Church Press.

  • 28 Apr 2010
    Being truthful in a media and PR universe

    The media isn't someone or something else, it's also us, says Simon Barrow. He goes on to examine the challenge of truthful communication in a PR-driven world, and to offer a picture of what authentically Christian communication might look like.

  • 18 Apr 2010
    Religion and media development closely interrelated, say experts

    The media is an important vehicle for religion, but also challenges its inbuilt authority structures, said a range of experts on the interaction of the two meeting in Chicago recently.

  • 10 Mar 2010
    Women still far less visible in the media, says WACC

    The World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) has highlighted gender inequality in the media as a pressing issue for International Women's Day and beyond.

  • 22 Feb 2010
    A highly political spectacle

    Politics and personality have always been intertwined in the modern era, says Simon Barrow. The increasing glitz and media saturation makes it even more necessary to look past image towards substance - as in religion, too.

  • 25 Jan 2010
    The Pat Robertson media paradox?

    Some see the decline in the impact of mainstream religion as meaning people in the US have no interest in religion. That is not so, says Martin Marty, and the case of Pat Robertson proves the point. The attention he gets is less of a paradox than some think.

  • 19 Jan 2010
    Mediating compassion for Haiti?

    Our tears well unexpectedly as we watch heart rending scenes of the few pulled from crumpled buildings, says Sande Ramage. But is this heavily mediated emotion thwarting honest reflection about our real responsibilities?

  • 19 Jan 2010
    Listening to global voices

    Citizen-based media is revolutionising the way we see, understand and respond to tragedies like that unfolding in post-earthquake Haiti. And not just in terms of speed.