The 411 on Faith

Anyone covering or interested in religion should check out Beliefnet, a multi-faith e-community site that covers religion and faith and recently won the prestigious General Excellence award from the Online News Association.

The Online Journalism Award judges wrote, "BeliefNet has taken one of the under-covered topics in American life, one which seems even more important to explore and understand in today’s world, and developed a rich, interactive site which both breaks news and facilitates a dialog among a diverse community of users. Of particular note is BeliefNet’s broad coverage of all the major faiths in the world, and many smaller faiths and sects; its coverage of the war in Iraq, shedding light on the efforts of faith-based organizations on both sides of the debate in the lead-up to war; and its timely coverage of controversial American missionary plans in post-war Iraq. BeliefNet also makes smart use of the medium, placing relevant user conversations front and center in the site design, and providing creative applications like the “Belief-o-Matic."

Beliefnet is also an excellent reporting resource for journalists covering religion....read why in this column.

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