Big changes are happening in journalism, big changes happening in the church, and big changes are happening at Gegrapha.com. Stay tuned!

Calling all religion reporters around the world!

Australians are a grateful lot. If it’s not above 35 degrees Celsius (95 °F), we’re happy. If we can slop some tomato sauce (ketchup) on our dinner then we’ll eat it with a smile. Got discount vouchers? Golden. Working with mostly international people, I’ve come to notice more and more our laid-back and contented national   (more…)

Yesterday, we got a story pitch of sorts from the government.

It had assembled some experts of its choosing on a particular subject and was offering us a chance to interview them. The government even provided us with suggested questions and said it would edit and produce a finished video clip for us, which it hoped   (more…)

Gegrapha began within the four walls of a Hezbollah prison cell. Terry Anderson, the one-time bureau chief for Associated Press, was abducted in 1985 by Muslim extremists. He prayed that God would help him through the ordeal. At about the same time a small prayer group of Christians working for media outlets in Washington, D.C.   (more…)

The 7 senses of the art of religion news in the digital age. Part 4

The 7 senses of the art of religion news in the digital age. Part 3

Because digital religion reporting can pioneer the capturing of the full sensory spectrum of the practices of religion, it can more easily put the soul, the believing dimension, back into the news.

Seeing, hearing, touching, tasting, smelling, believing and remembering

NYT Times CEO Mark Thompson talks strategy

Industrial age news media was learning to compete in the digital age while the digital native news media were learning that being native to the digital world didn’t mean that you couldn’t be wounded, killed, and eaten.

How will the big media goliaths of the industrial age survive? How will their redesign affect the design of religion news? The current answers to this question can be summed up as going: big; social; global; local; and lean.

The independent online religion news magazine, A Journey through NYC religions, was launched in 2010.

Listicles, memes, and photo lists fueled new startups’ ascent to the most viewed entertainment and news providers.

The 21st Century brought the rise of websites gushing with digital creations connected by fast, big rivers of data made possible by broadband networks, faster computers and more storage space.