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Ask, decide, and take action: Tips for visualizing expanded media engagement
Ask, decide, and take action: Tips for visualizing expanded media engagement By Michelle Collins, Director of Communication and Discipleship (Florida-Bahamas Synod, ELCA) Jacqueline Fuller (photo by George Conklin) In her workshop, Jacqueline Fuller, RCC...
Awards presented to religion communicators
Awards presented to religion communicators By Eron Henry, APR DeRose-Hinkhouse Best in Class winners (photo by George Conklin) The Religion Communicators Council (RCC), the oldest public relations organization in the United States, recognized outstanding...
Atlanta convention opens with keynote on “Realizing the Dream”
Atlanta convention opens with keynote on “Realizing the Dream” By Carolyn Lewis Keynote speaker Rev. Dr. Byron E. Thomas (photo by George Conklin) Rev Russell Pierce, executive director of the General Board of Global Ministries of The United...
Intersectional justice: Gender, race, and religion in the media
Intersectional justice: Gender, race, and religion in the media By Megan Anderson Dr. Glory Dharmaraj (photo by George Conklin) Dr. Glory Dharmaraj began the session by presenting glaring statistics about women in the reporting field. They can all be found...
RCC members learn about Atlanta’s history
RCC members learn about Atlanta’s history By Anne Keever Cannon, APR Tear stains are still visible on the veil worn by Coretta Scott King at Martin Luther King Jr.’s funeral. The veil is on exhibit at the Center for Nonviolent Social Change....
Entry deadline nears for 2018 Wilbur Awards
Entry deadline nears for 2018 Wilbur Awards Religion Communicators Council to accept submissions until Feb. 5. Entries for the 2018 Wilbur Awards are arriving at the Religion Communicators Council office in New York City as the February 5 deadline...
Making faith connections at the United Nations
By Candice Johnson On Tuesday, October 17, 2017 the New York Chapter of the Religion Communicators Council gathered at the Episcopal Church Center for its monthly lunch meeting. This month’s speakers were Lynnaia Main who is the Episcopal Church’s...
When ‘Like’ is Not Enough
By Candice Johnson On September 19, 2017 close to 30 people gathered at the Church of Latter Day Saints for the first NYC RCC meeting this Fall. Ryan Koch, NYC RCC Chapter President, was this month’s speaker. He spoke on best practices for social media with...
It’s all about finding a good story, CBS Sunday Morning producer tells New York Chapter
By Linda Bloom CBS Sunday Morning is always looking for a good story that will appeal to their average audience of 6 million viewers. “The Harmony Project,” says Dustin Stephens, a CBS Sunday Morning producer, was one of those stories and all it took was a...
Ali to communicators: We have to tell our own stories
By Nadine Hasenecz Wajahat Ali received a standing ovation for his dry humor-infused pre-luncheon keynote “How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to be a Moderate Muslim” Saturday at the Religion Communicators Council’s 2017 annual convention in Chicago. As...
Workshop tackles anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim movements
By Carolyn Lewis CHICAGO (April 1, 2017) — “There is no magic solution,” a group of RCC convention participants learned Saturday during a session to discuss “News from the Frontlines, Defeating Anti-Muslim and Anti-Immigrant Movements.” “There has been a lot...
The many lessons learned when hosting the Pope
By Deb Christian CHICAGO (April 1, 2017) — Fr. Manuel Dorantes (Fr. Manny) has been a student of philosophy, a seminarian, a journalist-in-training, a graduate student (MBA), and is now a Catholic priest serving the Archdiocese of Chicago. He speaks at least...