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 Faith in Media: Improving Coverage of Islam and Other Religions
Blogs from the Conference in Istanbul, Turkey: December 14 to 16
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| Small Group 2 Recap - Covering Religious Minorities
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| Posted by: mmathew |
12/16/2008 1:13 PM |
| Kelly McEvers talks about their findings. Define 'religious minority.' Ari Goldman felt an obligation as an NY Times religion reporter to explain faiths that are unfamiliar to his readers. David Briggs said we do a bad job covering religion because we often look to the same person to explain things to us. McEvers says minority groups often WANT to be covered. In Iran, Jews and Christian are recognized minorities. But reporting on the Ba'hai religion is taboo. In Saudi: minorities want to be covered because it is a taboo subject in that country. However, it's dangerous for the journalist and the subject. In China: there is much coverage of minority, in the state-owned press. The Chinese youth are aware of the different religious minorities. Shadid: Is there a danger of paying too much attention to religious minorities? McEvers responds "yes." Especially between covering Shi'a and Sunni Muslims. Tibet gets coverage due to sympathy in many other countries in the world. Matthew comments on Scientology, being seen as a cult. Yemen: The West would not intervene with a Muslim minority group but would intervene with a Christian minority. |
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