Talk:Religion News Association

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Did you know... that the Religion Newswriters Association awards scholarships for full-time journalists who wish to take college courses on religion?

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This article was replaced in its entirety by another version claiming to be the officially approved version. The original article was extensively referenced, wikilinked and otherwise compliant with the Manual of Style. The replacement was none of these so I have reverted it. The RNA does not have editorial control over Wikipedia articles, even an article about itself. In fact, Wikipedia discourages editing of articles by members or employees of the same organisation due to conflict of interest. The accepted procedure where a COI might exist is to suggest the change on this talk page first. The change to the article can then be made after consensus is reached between editors. Thank you for your co-operation. SpinningSpark 08:30, 12 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestions

We would like to suggest some additional information to include on the wiki. We are trying to follow COI best practices by mentioning them here; please mention any other suggested steps.

RNA founded the Religion Newswriters Foundation in 1999, which creates tools for training in religion reporting. Two such tools are the Primer and Stylebook already mentioned on the wiki page. One popular resource is called ReligionLink (www.religionlink.com), a free service that publishes religion story ideas and sources for reporters weekly. Debra Mason (talk) 18:40, 27 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Debra. I will add ReligionLink to the external links section. Keep up the good work you are doing.Steve Dufour (talk) 13:18, 31 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

BTW I will be mailing you a book. Watch out for it. Steve Dufour (talk) 12:03, 1 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]