Resources

Handbook and Guidelines

• Speaking Faith: The Essential Handbook for Religion Communicators, the RCC Handbook, 7th Edition
• Guidelines for Presenters
• Guidelines for Ethical Conduct
• Guidelines for Interfaith Dialogue

Practical Articles and Ideas from the e-Counselor

• Top 10 Risks of Social Media
• Audience Should Drive Web Ministry
• UCC Identity Campaign Gets a Boost from Networks’ Refusal to Air Ads
• Interview with Anuttama Dasa on Chapter 14: “America is Interfaith”
• Handbook author says the future of religion communications is here
• Using Graphic Identity Wisely
• Communicating with the Next Generations
• Eight tips for being interviewed
• Madalyn Murray O’Hair again!
• Using the RCC Handbook in workshops
• Writing for both worlds — print and the web
• You can handle a crisis

Newsletters from the Consortium for Media Literacy

Advertising, Consumer Debt and Media Literacy

October 2011 newsletter from the Consortium for Media Literacy

With a focus on consumer debt and advertising, we explore how advertising helped financial institutions convince consumers that incurring debt was not only reasonable, but a wise choice.

Media Violence

November 2010 newsletter from the Consortium for Media Literacy

Much of the research and public commentary about the effects of media violence treat viewers of violent media as passive recipients who simply register negative effects. As we argue in our review of media violence research, the life lessons which audiences--including children--take away from violent media content are always the result of a complex process of dynamic interaction between audience and media text.

Television and Media Literacy

June 2010 newsletter from the Consortium for Media Literacy

With all of the exciting new ways to communicate today, does anyone still watch TV? The answer is a resounding yes! In this issue, we explore how TV is still a major player in sports and family entertainment, and how media literacy skills are needed to help students navigate media messages regardless of the medium.

Other Resources

Keynote Address by Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy at Washington DC Chapter Winston Taylor Awards, September 13, 2004

The 26-part PBS series, I Believe, where host Dennis Wholey visits houses of worship to learn about different faiths and religions.