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KBIA interviews CORP director about hate group

May 14, 2009 by Debra Mason

May 14, 2009 – National Public Radio affiliate KBIA interviewed Debra L. Mason, director of the Center on Religion & the Professions, on May 14 for a story about Westboro Baptist Church, which planned a protest in Columbia. In the wide-ranging interview, Mason addressed questions about whether the media should cover the group – known for its position against homosexuality and protesting at soldiers’ funerals – how they are related to other Baptists and whether they could be classified as a cult.

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kbia2See more about the interview here.

In addition to directing the Center, Mason is executive director of the Religion Newswriters Association and is a professor of journalism studies at the University of Missouri School of Journalism. She is a nationally recognized, award-winning and widely published specialist in religion journalism and has more than 25 years of professional reporting, research and teaching experience.

The Center on Religion & the Professions (CORP) aims to improve religious literacy among professionals, to help them serve a diverse public. It performs research and creates curriculum, resources and public programming to accomplish that goal. For more information about the Center, call (573) 882-9257.

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CORP achievements featured in J-School newsletter

May 12, 2009 by Debra Mason

May 12, 2009 – Recent accomplishments of the MU Center on Religion & the Professionsjournalismlogo are featured in the May 2009 Missouri School of Journalism Graduate Studies Newsletter. These include speaking engagements by Dr. Debra Mason, CORP director; large turnouts at recent CORP-sponosred events; and information about the new “Religious Literacy for the Public and Professions” class to be taught online this summer.

Download the newsletter at the Missouri School of Journalism Graduate Program page, under Graduate Publications. The article appears on Page 11.

The Center on Religion & the Professions, which works to improve the religious literacy of professionals, including journalists, is an affiliate of the Missouri School of Journalism.

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Mason starts new blog

April 23, 2009 by Debra Mason

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April 23, 2009 – Debra L. Mason, director of the Center on Religion & the Professions, has launched a new blog on religion and the news. Recent posts feature topics such as religion and Facebook, media access to federal faith-based initiative leaders, and President Obama’s biblical literacy.

Mason is executive director of the Religion Newswriters Association and is a professor of journalism studies at the University of Missouri School of Journalism. She is a nationally recognized, award-winning and widely published specialist in religion journalism and has more than 25 years of professional reporting, research and teaching experience.

  • Read the Debra L. Mason blog

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