Press Release
Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly
ACCLAIMED PBS SERIES RELIGION & ETHICS NEWSWEEKLY OFFERS ONE-OF-A-KIND TELEVISION NEWS COVERAGE
As today’s top headlines reveal, topics dealing with faith, religion and ethics have never been more important to communities across the U.S. and worldwide. But network news can only offer limited coverage of such issues. For more than a decade, RELIGION & ETHICS NEWSWEEKLY, anchored by veteran journalist Bob Abernethy and produced by Thirteen/ WNET New York, has been providing distinctive, one-of-a-kind coverage of religion’s role — and ethical dimensions — behind major national and international newsmaking events.
Since 1997, an award-winning team of correspondents, including Saul Gonzalez, Fred de Sam Lazaro, Tim O’Brien, Deborah Potter, Betty Rollin, Lucky Severson, Judy Valente and Mary Alice Williams, along with managing editor Kim Lawton, have traveled around the country and the globe to report on stories of interest and impact to the faith community. Studio roundtable discussions featuring newsmakers, scholars and policy analysts have also offered insightful perspectives on subjects ranging from the ethical use of stem cells in medical research and treatment, to questions of Just War and international humanitarian aid for the world’s poor.
Winner of more than 125 industry awards — including the Sigma Delta Chi, the Gracie Allen, the Chicago TV Fest, New York Festival, and CINE Golden Eagle — the program has been hailed by the Religion Newswriters’ Association for setting “a national standard for balanced and fair coverage of religious topics.” And, the program’s Web site has also been nationally recognized for its online creativity, innovation and content, winning a prestigious 2007 Webby Award from the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences.
Major funding for RELIGION & ETHICS NEWSWEEKLY is provided by Lilly Endowment Inc. with additional support from Mutual of America Life Insurance Company, The Henry Luce Foundation, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and individual supporters. Executive producer is Arnold Labaton; Thirteen/WNET executive-in-charge is Stephen Segaller.
As today’s top headlines reveal, topics dealing with faith, religion and ethics have never been more important to communities across the U.S. and worldwide. But network news can only offer limited coverage of such issues. For more than a decade, RELIGION & ETHICS NEWSWEEKLY, anchored by veteran journalist Bob Abernethy and produced by Thirteen/ WNET New York, has been providing distinctive, one-of-a-kind coverage of religion’s role — and ethical dimensions — behind major national and international newsmaking events.
Since 1997, an award-winning team of correspondents, including Saul Gonzalez, Fred de Sam Lazaro, Tim O’Brien, Deborah Potter, Betty Rollin, Lucky Severson, Judy Valente and Mary Alice Williams, along with managing editor Kim Lawton, have traveled around the country and the globe to report on stories of interest and impact to the faith community. Studio roundtable discussions featuring newsmakers, scholars and policy analysts have also offered insightful perspectives on subjects ranging from the ethical use of stem cells in medical research and treatment, to questions of Just War and international humanitarian aid for the world’s poor.
Winner of more than 125 industry awards — including the Sigma Delta Chi, the Gracie Allen, the Chicago TV Fest, New York Festival, and CINE Golden Eagle — the program has been hailed by the Religion Newswriters’ Association for setting “a national standard for balanced and fair coverage of religious topics.” And, the program’s Web site has also been nationally recognized for its online creativity, innovation and content, winning a prestigious 2007 Webby Award from the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences.
Major funding for RELIGION & ETHICS NEWSWEEKLY is provided by Lilly Endowment Inc. with additional support from Mutual of America Life Insurance Company, The Henry Luce Foundation, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and individual supporters. Executive producer is Arnold Labaton; Thirteen/WNET executive-in-charge is Stephen Segaller.