- The Revealer
"The Revealer" is an online journal/review of
media criticism related to the subject ofreligion in the press. It is published by the Center for Religion and Media atNew York University , one of ten academic "centers of excellence" created by thePew Charitable Trusts to support scholarship and journalism about religion. "The Revealer" was conceived in 2003 byJay Rosen , who hired journalistJeff Sharlet to create the site. Also involved were Angela Zito, Faye Ginsburg, and Barbara Abrash, New York University scholars, and journalist Kathryn Joyce."The Revealer" publishes writers from across the political spectrum, from
Harper's contributing editorGarret Keizer to centrist Washington journalistAmy Sullivan to conservativeDallas Morning News editorRod Dreher to religiously and politically unclassifiable writers such asMichael Lesy andLaurel Snyder . "The Revealer" also publishes a number of formal academic scholars, such as Elizabeth A. Castelli (Bard) Adam H. Becker (NYU), Anthea Butler (University of Rochester , Diane Winston (University of Southern California ) David Domke (University of Washington ), Ann Pellegrini (NYU), Kim E. Pearson, and S. Brent Plate (Texas Christian University ). In general, "The Revealer" tends to take a leftist position. In 2004, it was joined on the "God beat" byGet Religion , a conservative-leaning media criticism journal dedicated to religion, edited by Terry Mattingly and Douglas LeBlanc. More "God beat" bloggers and journalists soon followed, building a small but lively community of journalists and scholars dedicated to examining media treatments of religion."The Revealer" has been cited by "
The New York Times ", the academic journal "Religion in the News," onCNN ,BBC ,Radio France , and on numerous American national radio programs,References
* [http://www.nyu.edu/fas/center/religionandmedia/ Center for Religion and Media]
* [http://www.pewtrusts.com/ideas/index.cfm?issue=17&misc_idea=2 Pew Charitable Trusts Centers of Excellence]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/05/national/05religion.html?ex=1267938000&en=9709575bd3cd82e2&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt New York Times on online religion writing]
* [http://www.trincoll.edu/depts/csrpl/Vol8no3/Blogging%20the%20religion%20beat.htm "Religion in the News"]
* [http://www.here-now.org/shows/2006/12/20061214_2.asp "Here and Now"] (radio interview)
* [http://www.radiofrance.fr/chaines/france-culture2/ete2005/thema_documents/fiche.php?diffusion_id=43001 "France Culture"] (radio interview)
External links
* [http://www.therevealer.org "The Revealer" website, therevealer.org]
"Revealer" articles of note
* [http://www.therevealer.org/archives/timeless_002730.php "Helluva Play,"] by Ann Pellegrini, 11/29/06 (evangelical "hell houses")
* [http://www.therevealer.org/archives/timely_002500.php "Notes from the War Room,"] by Elizabeth A. Castelli, 04/05/06 (Christian right activism in Washington)
* [http://www.therevealer.org/archives/timeless_001854.php "The Reverent and the Rude,"] by Garret Keizer, 04/07/05 (media coverage of the pope's death)
* [http://www.therevealer.org/archives/timely_001272.php "Apologetic Islam,"] by Adam Becker, 11/29/04
* [http://www.therevealer.org/archives/main_story_001031.php "Our Magical President,"] by Jeff Sharlet, 10/17/2004 (media and Bush's religion)
* [http://www.therevealer.org/archives/timeless_000595.php "The Last Man on Earth: A Romance,"] by Kathryn Joyce, 07/28/04 (apocalypse media)
* [http://www.therevealer.org/archives/timeless_002297.php "Chronicling C.S. Lewis: Marketing and Mythology"] by S. Brent Plate, 01/01/06 (Narnia)
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