Rewire News Group (formerly Rewire and RH Reality Check) is a daily United States online news publication focused on
reproductive and
sexual health
Sexual and reproductive health (SRH) is a field of research, healthcare, and social activism that explores the health of an individual's reproductive system and sexual wellbeing during all stages of their life.
The term can also be further de ...
from a pro-choice perspective.
It also covers issues around racial, environmental, immigration, and economic justice.
The publication began as a blog in 2006 and became its own nonprofit organization in January 2012. In 2016, it was renamed ''Rewire'' and in 2018 it was renamed ''Rewire.News''. , the publication is edited by Jodi Jacobson.
In addition to reporting news, the publication also produces several podcasts, including ''Boom! Lawyered'',
''Choice/less'',
''The Breach'',
and ''What Else Happened''.
''Religion Dispatches''
In 2018, ''
Religion Dispatches
''Religion Dispatches'' is a daily non-profit online magazine covering religion, politics, and culture. RD covers topics of religious thought, past and present, that underwrite social structures, aimed at providing a nonsectarian platform for writ ...
'' was integrated into Rewire.News as a daily vertical.
''Religion Dispatches'' was founded in 2007 as a daily non-profit
online magazine
An online magazine is a magazine published on the Internet, through bulletin board systems and other forms of public computer networks. One of the first magazines to convert from a print magazine format to being online only was the computer mag ...
covering
religion
Religion is usually defined as a social- cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that generally relates humanity to supernatural, ...
,
politics
Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that stud ...
, and
culture
Culture () is an umbrella term which encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and norms found in human societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, and habits of the individuals in these groups ...
. The founders were Gary Laderman, a religion studies scholar from
Emory University
Emory University is a private research university in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in 1836 as "Emory College" by the Methodist Episcopal Church and named in honor of Methodist bishop John Emory, Emory is the second-oldest private institution of ...
; Linell Cady, a religion studies scholar from
Arizona State University; and Evan Derkacz, a journalist who formerly wrote for ''
AlterNet
AlterNet is a left-leaning online news outlet. It was launched in 1997 by the Independent Media Institute. In 2018, the website was acquired by owners of '' Raw Story''.
Coverage
Coverage is divided into several special sections related to progr ...
''. 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). The website was also recognized as a nominee for the
Webby Award
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s 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.
In October 2013, ''Religion Dispatches'' moved to the
University of Southern California
, mottoeng = "Let whoever earns the palm bear it"
, religious_affiliation = Nonsectarian—historically Methodist
, established =
, accreditation = WSCUC
, type = Private research university
, academic_affiliations =
, endowment = $8.1 ...
's
Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism's website.
Diane Winston, chairman of Media and Religion at USC, headed the publication.
[Washington, Arlene]
"''Religion Dispatches'' Finds New Home at USC Annenberg"
''USC Annenberg News''. October 2, 2013.
References
External links
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Internet properties established in 2006
Reproductive rights organizations
American news websites