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Religion News Service

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Religion News Service
Company typeNews agency
IndustryMedia
Founded1934
FoundersLouis Minsky
ParentReligion News Foundation Edit this on Wikidata
Websitehttps://rns.org

Religion News Service, branded as RNS, is a news agency founded in 1934. It covers religion, ethics, spirituality and moral issues, and publishes news, information, and commentaries on faiths and religious movements to newspapers, magazines, broadcast organizations and religious publications.

History

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RNS was founded in 1934 by journalist Louis Minsky as an affiliate of the National Conference of Christians and Jews. Everett R. Clinchy was the managing editor and co-founder.[1][2]

RNS was acquired by the United Methodist Reporter in 1983, by Newhouse News Service in 1994, then by the Religion Newswriters Foundation in 2011.[3]

Former logos

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Dinnerstein, Leonard; Ross, Robert W. (June 1981). "So It Was True: The American Protestant Press and the Nazi Persecution of the Jews". The American Historical Review. 86 (3): 94. doi:10.2307/1860528. ISSN 0002-8762. JSTOR 1860528.
  2. ^ Blanchard, Margaret A. (2013). History of the Mass Media in the United States : an Encyclopedia. Taylor and Francis. p. 363. ISBN 978-1-135-91742-5. OCLC 866858198.
  3. ^ "About". Religion News Service. Archived from the original on July 26, 2022. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
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