Available in | English |
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Editor | Galina Espinoza |
URL |
rewirenewsgroup |
Commercial | No |
Launched | 2006 |
Rewire News Group (formerly Rewire and RH Reality Check) is a daily United States online news publication focused on reproductive and sexual health from a pro-choice perspective. [1] [2] [3] It also covers issues around racial, environmental, immigration, and economic justice. [3]
The publication began as a blog in 2006 and became its own nonprofit organization in January 2012. [4] In 2016, it was renamed Rewire and in 2018 it was renamed Rewire.News. As of 2018 [update], the publication is edited by Jodi Jacobson. [5] In addition to reporting news, the publication also produces several podcasts, including Boom! Lawyered, [6] [7] Choice/less, [7] The Breach, [7] and What Else Happened. [7]
In 2018, Religion Dispatches was integrated into Rewire.News as a daily vertical. [8]
Religion Dispatches was founded in 2007 as a daily non-profit online magazine covering religion, politics, and culture. [9] [10] The founders were Gary Laderman, a religion studies scholar from Emory University; Linell Cady, a religion studies scholar from Arizona State University; and Evan Derkacz, a journalist who formerly wrote for AlterNet. [11] Lisa Webster, an editor and religion scholar, joined Evan as co-editor just before the magazine's launch in February 2008.
RD won three Religion Newswriters Association (RNA) awards for Excellence in Religion Commentary and Analysis, a Wilbur Award for outstanding work by secular communicators on religion, and a Science for Religion Writers award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). [12] [13] [14] [15] The website was also recognized as a nominee for the Webby Awards in the Religion & Spirituality category for the 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2015 Webby Awards, and as an official Honoree for Best Editorial Writing in 2016. [16] [17]
In October 2013, Religion Dispatches moved to the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism's website. Diane Winston, chairman of Media and Religion at USC, headed the publication. [18]