Do Journalists Understand Religion?

I recently attended Harvard Divinity School's "Symposium on Religious Literacy and Journalism." Scholars and journalists gathered together to brainstorm how to better prepare journalists when it comes to covering topics about religion. The general feeling was that newsrooms just do not give enough resources to covering religion accurately. What is your experience? Uploaded 03-01-17 Twitter: @andrewmarkhenry Patreon: www.patreon.com/religionforbreakfast Blog: www.religionforbreakfast.com Facebook. www.facebook.com/religionforbreakfast Thank you to our Patrons!: Christian G. Brian B. Daniel D. Tuuli H. Kalei W. Alex B. Mark H. Wilson Cain Laurie Goodstein's keynote address: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEeraojpFrY Jeff Sharlet's article on Trump: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/17/magazine/donald-trump-american-preacher.html Religion Dispatches: http://religiondispatches.org/ Religion News Service: http://religionnews.com/ The Revealer: https://wp.nyu.edu/therevealer/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices